Marlene Dumas
Subtitle: the image as burden
By: Edited by Leontine Coelewij, Helen Sainsbury and Theodora Vischer
Contributors: Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum; Tate Modern (Gallery); Fondation Beyeler
Publisher: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781938922541
Subjects: Interviews; Exhibitions
Other titles: Image as burden
Description: Marlene Dumas is one of the most prominent and influential painters working today. In an era dominated by the mass media and a proliferation of images, her work is a testament to the meaning and potency of painting. Dumas draws on her expansive visual archive and the nuances of language to create intense, psychologically charged works which explore themes such as sexuality, love, death and guilt, often referencing art history and current affairs. Her paintings and drawings are characterized by their extraordinary expressiveness and sometimes controversial subject matter. This fully illustrated exhibition catalogue accompanies a major exhibition at the Tate Modern, the Stedelijk Museum and the Fondation Beyeler. Surveying the artist's oeuvre from the mid-70s to the present, it features over 100 of her most important paintings and drawings alongside lesser-known works from the early period of her career. The Image as Burden also includes a new interview with the artist; extracts from previously published but lesser-known texts (some available in English for the first time); and a new short story from prize-winning author Colm Tóibín written in response to the paintings. Essays and texts from a wide range of contributors examine the key themes and motifs in her work and reflect on Dumas' entire career.
Notes: Issued in connection with an exhibition held at Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, 6 September 2014-4 January 2015; Tate Modern, London, 5 February-10 May 2015; Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, 30 May-13 September 2015.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Directors' foreword; title: Curators' foreword; title: Acknowledgements; title: About the catalogue; title: Early years 1953-1975; title: Marlene Dumas; title: Love versus death; title: Leontine Coelewij; title: Marilyn, Norma and Arlene; title: Dominic van den Boogerd; title: On painting; title: A conversation between Marlene Dumas and Theodora Vischer; title: Barton Springs; title: Colm Tóibín; title: List of exhibited and illustrated works; title: Credits.