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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