Marlene Dumas: Wet Dreams: Watercolors

by Jean-Christophe Ammann

The oeuvre of Marlene Dumas is primarily characterized by her watercolors. Suggestive works, they appear to be based mostly on photographs from magazines which Dumas blurs, crops, or distorts. In doing so, the artist explores the sexualized dynamics between the picture, the painter, and the viewer. Her always openly sensual representations of human bodies and faces deal with some of the questions central to life. "Wet Dreams" features a broad selection...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3775713433
• ISBN13: 9783775713436
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Hatje Cantz
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher