Results for "Jørgensen, Lærke Rydal"

A sweeping retrospective for radical Pop artist Marisol, an enigmatic and overlooked figure of the 1960s

Marisol (1930-2016) was one of the most radical and visionary artists of her generation. Combining found objects, plaster casts of her own body, and a singular blend of Pop and folk art, she...

A visual voyage through the enigmatic ocean, where science meets art and where myth meets reality

We know more about the surface of Mars than we do about our planet's oceans. And yet the ocean remains an alluring prospect to humanity: as an artistic icon, an object of scientific inquiry or even a...

The mother as motif in art and literature, from prehistoric fertility goddesses to the Madonna and Child and beyond

Ushering us into the world, our mother is our physical and cultural wellspring. Even if she is lost or absent, we are all sons and daughters. Throughout history and across cultures, the...

The eerily prescient work of a near-forgotten Japanese artist, whose 1960s and '70s sculptures anticipate contemporary ecological anxieties

Contemplating Japanese artist Tetsumi Kudo's (1935-90) work in the 21st century provokes a sense of the uncanny on multiple levels: grotesquely beautiful on...

Influenced by Byzantine art, Fauvism and German Expressionism, Jawlensky explored color, religious iconography and portraiture in his masterful serial paintings

Russian German painter Alexej Jawlensky (1864-1941) found his own artistic voice late in life. He was part of the revitalization of painting...

Sweet and slim yet powerful, this collection of Calle's storytelling projects shows how her series have taken on lives of their own

French artist Sophie Calle (born 1953) works across photography, video, film, books, text and performance to conduct sociological and autobiographical investigations...

"A great and unlikely success story, Da Corte creates funny and therapeutic works in the hope of easing the 'exquisite pain' of modern life." -New York Times

This comprehensive monograph celebrates the acclaimed Philadelphia-based installation artist Alex Da Corte (born 1980), famed for his show...

Adventures in bronze from acclaimed Danish artist Per Kirkeby

Danish multimedia artist Per Kirkeby (1938-2018) combines nature and the human body in his bronze sculptures. The Louisiana Museum of Art presents Bronze, the first book to focus entirely on Kirkeby's bronze sculptures and his inspirations...

The first overview in a decade on Arke's poetical explorations of dual ethnicity

Central to the multimedia oeuvre of Pia Arke (1958-2007) was the artist's dual ethnicity in Greenland and Denmark, excavated in video works, collaged maps and landscape photographs that addressed themes of exploration...