| Book Details Title: Dora Maar
Author: Damarice Amao,Amanda Maddox,Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska
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Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum; 1 edition (January 7, 2020)
Language: English
ISBN: 1606066293
Rating: 4,7  7 reviews |
Book Description Review Lead Arts & Photography title in Publishers Weekly’s 2019 holiday gift guide Read more About the Author Damarice Amao is assistant curator of photography at the Centre Pompidou—Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Amanda Maddox is associate curator in the Department of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum. Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska is curator of photography at the Centre Pompidou—Musée National d’Art Moderne, Paris. Read more Customers Review: Dora Maar was Picasso’s one-time lover and muse; she also documented the creation of his work Guernica. Unfortunately this is all many people know about her.Maar was an incredible artist. She started started her career as a fashion photographer, before moving to street scenes, portraits and landscapes. She also produced Surrealist collages, and paintings, although she gravitated back to photography late in her life.This book is beautifully produced, with interesting and accessible essays by experts from The Pompidou, Tate and Getty Museum. It’s the first comprehensive look at Maar’s work and personality and includes hundreds of images, many that I’ve never seen before.Highly recommended.
Dora Maar is an exhibition catalogue and critical assessment that is both visually appealing and very informative.Maar is one of those figures many of us have heard of, maybe even know of a work or two, but little beyond that. This book serves to introduce those of us in that group to the extensive body of work she produced as well as to her interesting life. While not a biography by any means we do walk away with an appreciation of what she chose to do and an understanding of why.I think anyone interested in surrealism should have this book. In addition, anyone who wants to have a better understanding of what “the art world” was like will enjoy this as well. The essays delve into both the hows and the whys of many works of hers as well as an interesting discussion of the relationship between her and Picasso during the creation of Guernica. Fans of photography and painting will find much to like here.Reviewed from a copy made available by the publisher via NetGalley.
The first time I had any knowledge of Dora Maar was (sadly) when she died in the 90’s.Curiosity had me look into her vast expanse of work and quickly had me obsessed with her photography.While she was also a painter, poet and muse (to Picasso of all people) it’s her photography that resonated with me.If you are unfamiliar with her work I would highly recommend getting familiar.Heck you can start with this book!Thanks to NetGalley and Getty Publications for my DRC.
Dora Maar by Damarice Amao is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in mid-November.Collaborated articles on the life and work of French schooled surrealist photographer and artist, Dora Maar, alongside candid street photography throughout Europe, which combine model photographs with abstractions, like a real spiderweb or giant disembodied legs walking on a river, surrealistic structures and street scenes. |
