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Interviews by Mary Heilmann, Matthew Higgs. Text by Joanna Burton.
"Published by Gregory R. Miller & Co. ... on the occasion of the exhibition Marilyn Minter: pretty/dirty. Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, April 17-August 2, 2015; Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, September 18, 2015-January 31, 2016; [and two other places]"--Colophon.
Text by Johanna Burton, Matthew Higgs, Mary Heilmann.
New feminist portraiture from Marilyn Minter, in dialogue with ancient Greek art and Impressionism American visual artist Marilyn Minter (born 1948) has long cultivated a space between the classical and the commercial for her photorealistic paintings and visceral photographs. Minter's art is characterized by an emphasis on natural textures in all of their extremes--whether that of the turquoise eyeshadow on a young woman's face or the glittery grit on the underside of a high-heeled shoe. This monograph dedicated to her recent works presents her 2009 film Green Pink Caviar and a dozen monumental paintings as well as the processes behind such works. In her most recent painting series, Minter i...
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"The eight minute high definition video, Green Pink Caviar (2009), is a lush and sensual voyeuristic hallucination. Filmed with macro lenses, [Minter] captures the most minute movements of female mouths licking candy and cake decoration."--OCLC OLUC.
A collection of inspiring and empowering quotations from an artist noted for her frank treatment of sex--and for her portraits of Madonna, Pamela Anderson, Lady Gaga, and Lizzo Since the 1980s, Marilyn Minter has been a pioneer of sex-positive feminism in the contemporary art world, pushing the boundaries of what kind of imagery is acceptable in fine art, especially when produced by women. In her photorealistic paintings, including of celebrities such as Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Lizzo, Minter draws on the aesthetics of fashion magazines, depicting cropped women's faces and bodies laden with jewels and couture accessories. In some of her work, she has explored how the meaning of pornographic i...