Luncheons on the grass: reimagining Manet's "Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe"

Thirty-five contemporary artists create their own version of Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe. Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1863) is generally cited as the first modern painting. The entry slide in art history lectures about modernism, the work remains among the "most audaciou...

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Main Authors: Deitch, Jeffrey 1953- (Author), Crow, Thomas E. 1948- (Author), Molarsky-Beck, Marina (Author)
Other Authors: Angiolini, Viola (Editor, Contributor), D'Souza, Aruna 1969- (Contributor), Sims, Lowery Stokes 1949- (Contributor), Thomas, Alexandra M. (Contributor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Rizzoli Electa 2024
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Summary:Thirty-five contemporary artists create their own version of Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe. Édouard Manet's Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe (1863) is generally cited as the first modern painting. The entry slide in art history lectures about modernism, the work remains among the "most audacious painting[s] ever seen in France," as Ross King described it in The Judgement of Paris (2006). As Manet did with Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe, the most provocative painters today collapse the historical and the contemporary onto one plane. Jeffrey Deitch invited a group of these influential artists to create their own versions, combined here with historical responses to Manet's painting. The slim volume features these often biting and satirical works alongside essays discussing Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe's enduring influence on contemporary figurative painting. -- Publisher's website
Item Description:Impressum: This publication is based on the exhibition "Luncheon on the Grass: Contemporary Responses to Édouard Manet's 'Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe'" at Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles, February 19 - April 23, 2022
Physical Description:211 Seiten 19 x 26 cm
ISBN:9780847899876
084789987X

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