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Saville's art focuses on women's bodies as the predominant subject matter, [29] and is a far cry away from other works of the female form, which have traditionally objectified women. [24] She is more interested in the raw and unaltered female form, [ 24 ] and the valuable reactions of disgust which are generated when viewing her pieces. [ 30 ]
Now consciously aware of institutional patriarchy, Saville began to paint female nudes that weren't idealised. Rather than continue the recognised historical male view of female bodies, Saville created depictions of natural women with genuine flaws. Pubic hair trailing up stomachs and around thighs, discoloured skin and areas of excess flesh. [33]
For his part, Hans Holbein the Younger was preferably the author of religious paintings and portraits, dealing little with the nude, of which, however, we must highlight his magnificent The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb (1521). [98] The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb (1521), by Hans Holbein the Younger, Kunstmuseum, Basel.
The paintings of Jenny Saville include family and self-portraits among other nudes; often done in extreme perspectives, attempting to balance realism with abstraction; all while expressing how a woman feels about the female nude. [56]
Sensation was an exhibition of the collection of contemporary art owned by Charles Saatchi, including many works by Young British Artists (YBAs), which first took place 18 September – 28 December 1997 at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. [1] The exhibition later toured to the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin and the Brooklyn Museum in New York ...
The Sunday Times said that three of Hirst's business colleagues, with an interest in ensuring his work maintained a high value, had "propped up" [4] the sale prices, making between them purchases or bids which totalled over half of the £70.5 million spent on the "crucial" initial sale day: [4] Jay Jopling won the first lot at twice the estimate with a bid just short of £1 million, and was a ...
A Claude Monet pastel painting stolen by Nazis from a Jewish family during World War II, which vanished for decades only to show up with a Louisiana art dealer, was returned Wednesday in New ...
The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity [2] opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the Damien Hirst-led Young British Artists, followed by shows purely of painting, led to Saatchi Gallery becoming a recognised authority in contemporary ...