Alice Neel: Hot Off the Griddle

Dynamic and forward thinking, this unconventional retrospective monograph takes its cues from Alice Neel's life and work-- at once intimate, powerful, and bursting with colour.

Alice Neel was one of the great American painters of the twentieth century and a pioneer among women artists. A painter of people, landscape and still life, Neel was never fashionable or in step with avant-garde movements. \"One of the reasons I painted was to catch life as it goes by,\" she explained, \"right hot off the griddle.\"

This beautifully designed volume takes a unique approach to the exhibition catalog, highlighting Neel's understanding of the fundamentally political nature of how we look at others, and what it means to feel seen. Long a favorite of portrait lovers, Neel has recently gained an even wider 21st-century audience appreciative of the searing candor with which she viewed the world, the depth of her humanity, and her championing of the underdog.

This beautifully produced catalog features a thoroughly modern design, as well as an essay by renowned critic Hilton Als and poetry by Daisy Lafarge.

AUTHOR:
Eleanor Nairne is Curator at Barbican Art Gallery, London. She is a contributor to the London Review of Books, has written for magazines including frieze and is a previous Jerwood Writer in Residence. Her previous books with Prestel include Jean Dubuffet and Basquiat: Boom for Real! She live in London, England.

130 colour illustrations

ISBN: 9783791379661
Author: NAIRNE, ELEANOR
Format: Hardcover
Publication date: 01/05/2023
RRP: $65.00
Pages: 152
Dimension: 220mm X 150mm
Imprint: Prestel