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Miss Cox : nude - arising from the ground / Mariken Wessels.
Fine Arts Library N6953.W47 A4 2020 1 v. + 1 poster
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wessels, Mariken, artist, photographer.
- Language:
- English
- Undetermined
- Subjects (All):
- Overweight women in art.
- Nude in art.
- Obesity in art.
- Underwater photography.
- Photography of women.
- Sculpture.
- Muybridge, Eadweard, 1830-1904.
- Muybridge, Eadweard.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm + 1 poster (43 x 57 cm, folded to 22 x 29 cm)
- Distribution:
- Idea Books.
- Manufacture:
- Drukkerij robstolk.
- Other Title:
- Nude - arising from the ground
- Place of Publication:
- [Amsterdam] : Fw:Books, [2020]
- Summary:
- This project by Dutch photographer Mariken Wessels (1963) is a multifaceted artistic translation of her fascination with an anonymous woman who posed for Eadweard Muybridge's camera in 1885. In the 24-image sequence 'Arising from the Ground', the obese woman, who was supposedly named Miss Cox, can be observed as she moves from lying down to a fully upright position. Wessels was inspired by this woman to start making large clay sculptures and photographing obese female models swimming underwater. In these images she focuses on the landscapes the human body assumes when immersed in water. The book also presents studio views, sketches, and other research.
- Notes:
- "Book design and editing by Hans Gremmen ; text editing and English translation by Taco Hidde Bakker"--Colophon.
- "A project by Mariken Wessels (2018-2020)"--Colophon.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9789490119836
- 9490119830
- OCLC:
- 1151890029
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