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Title: |
Relm - The Great Escape |
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| ISBN10-13: |
1838424881 : 9781838424886 |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| Pages: |
250 |
| Weight: |
1.000 Kg. |
| Published: |
BARON - January 2024 |
| List Price: |
80.00 Pounds Sterling |
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| The Great Escapeâ is the debut book from Canadian artist, Relm. Uninhibited, romantic, sexy, and perplexing, Relm, places us in a dream-like and sometimes nightmarish world, where there are no limits. Central to Relmâ s work is the power to subvert, or create context, through pencil and painting, inviting us to think beyond the naked body. Inspired by her Balkan/Bosnian background, as well as several years in Germany, and travels through Europe, as a young teen, Relmâ s work also draws from her passion for surrealism and art history, inspired by artists such as Vigee Le Brun and Jean Honore Fragonard. Fantasy is explored in Relmâ s work; as a genre, fantasy tends to circle mortality, desire, and power, often used in religious and historical painting, from a male gaze. With the bookâ s title â The Great Escapeâ , the artist takes us on a journey. Throughout the book, in several of Relmâ s paintings, the female subjects appear doll-like, sometimes depicted as monsters, or eaten by insects. In other, more ethereal works, the female subjects revel in their ability to achieve their own big â Oâ , lesbian romances and love-making are celebrated and the female body is supreme; the women in these works are unafraid of their sexual power. Relm invites us to question traditional power structures in this dichotomy of works. Appropriation is a reoccurring practice in Relmâ s body of work - the artist re-paints classical oil paintings of female nudes, by male artists, inviting us to look at them through a different lens. |
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