Omega’s Eyes: Marlene Dumas on Edvard Munch
Publisher: Mercatorfonds / Munch Museum
Publication Date: 2019
Text by Trine Otte Bak Nielsen
This original volume juxtaposes the work of two artists: the South African–born, Netherlands-based painter Marlene Dumas (b. 1953) and the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch (1863–1944). Organized by Dumas, the project stems from her longstanding, personal connection to the works of Munch. The book focuses particularly on Munch’s 1908–9 series of lithographs titled Alpha and Omega and on a new series of works by Dumas titled Venus & Adonis. Both series deal with themes of innocence, sexuality, loneliness, anxiety, and death, and each is structured around a love story. Through this book, Dumas shows us how she perceives Munch not simply as an emotional expressionist, but rather as an intelligent artist thoughtfully reflecting on human conditions in general.
Details
Publisher: Mercatorfonds / Munch Museum
Artist: Marlene Dumas
Contributors: Trine Otte Bak Nielsen
Publication Date: 2019
ISBN: 9780300243741
Retail: $40 | £32 | €36
Status: Not Available
Binding: Hardcover
Dimensions: 7 x 9 3/4 in | 18.1 x 24.8 cm
Pages: 192
Reproductions: 112
Artist and Contributors
Marlene Dumas
Marlene Dumas (b. 1953) is regarded as one of the most influential painters working today. Her paintings and drawings, often devoted to depictions of the human form, are typically culled from the artist’s vast archive of images, including art historical materials, mass media sources, and personal snapshots of friends and family. Gestural, fluid, and frequently spectral, Dumas’s works reframe and re-contextualize her subjects, exploring the boundaries between public and private selves.
Trine Otte Bak Nielsen
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