Flavia Frigeri

The first English-language monograph on silversmith, sculptor, jeweler, and artist Wiwen Nilsson, whose work is a gem in the history of Swedish design. Featuring superb new photography, stunning archive imagery, and texts by leading international curators, commentators, and experts, this book is the first English-language monograph dedicated to the life and work of Wiwen Nilsson, a pioneer of art deco and mid-century design and silverware. Lavishly illustrated and deeply insightful, the book provides an overview of Wiwen Nilsson’s personal and professional development, bringing the main facets of his artistic and functional production into sharp focus, as well as presenting important new research about his achievements. A particular emphasis is placed on the interdisciplinary nature of Wiwen Nilsson’s practice, and notably on the bridge he built between the realm of fine arts and the world of design. The book includes thematic essays focusing on his silverware products—his sculptural oeuvre, his jewelry production, and his participation in Swedish and international exhibitions. Contributors include Dr. Flavia Frigeri (National Portrait Gallery, UK), Alice Rawsthorn (award-winning design critic), Dr. Teresa Kittler (University of York, UK), and Clare Philips (Victoria & Albert Museum, UK).

With its bold colors, flashy imagery and ironic spirit, Pop Art trespasses the traditional boundaries separating high from low culture. Flavia Frigeri introduces us to a movement that focuses on everyday objects, from its beginnings in the post-war consumerism of America and Britain to its fascinating rise on a global scale in the 1960s. The work of well-known artists, such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Hamilton and Peter Blake, is set in dialogue with that of Japanese Ushio Shinohara, Venezuelan Marisol and Argentinian Marta Minuj n. Esta obra, organizada en torno a temas clave que ata en a todo el Pop Art, tales como la publicidad, la pol tica, el hogar, los bienes de consumo, la historia del arte, el culto a la fama, la guerra y la carrera espacial, es una introducci n esencial al movimiento que transform lo "popular" en arte. En cada apartado se brindan una sucinta explicaci n, obras caracter sticas y una lista relevante de artistas destacados, rasgos, disciplinas y colecciones. En la secci n de referencia figura un glosario indispensable de t rminos relacionados con el mundo del arte, un cronograma accesible y un ndice de artistas. Los que disfrutan del arte y quieren profundizar en l encontrar n en enciales del arte un acompa amiento perfecto que les proporcionar toda la informaci n contextual necesaria para disfrutarlo y comprenderlo, tanto si se trata de un vido galerista, un aficionado a leer c modamente en el sill n o un curioso observador. Con textos atractivos, accesibles, acreditados, con un marcado componente visual y redactados y concebidos por expertos.

Focusing on fifty diverse women artists, from Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi through Judy Chicago, Ana Mendieta and the Guerrilla Girls to Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman and Louise Bourgeois, this book equips the reader with a general understanding of the history of art by women, as well as an appreciation of its most outstanding figures. Traditionally women have been among art’s favoured objects of representation, while their contributions as art producers have been subordinated to those of men. This book documents women artists in context to offer readers an accessible but rich understanding of key female artists from the Baroque to the present day.

* La mujer ha sido durante mucho tiempo tratada por los artistas como objeto de representaci n, pero su contribuci n como creadora de arte es poco reconocida. * Aunque las mujeres artistas ya no est n obligadas a trabajar en el anonimato ni a aceptar seud nimos masculinos, hace relativamente poco, en 1989, las Guerrilla Girls salieron a las calles de Nueva York para preguntarse si las mujeres tienen que estar desnudas para entrar en el Metropolitan Museum. * En este libro, la autora explora la vida y la obra de m s de cincuenta de las m s destacadas artistas femeninas de todos los mbitos desde el siglo xv hasta la actualidad, entre ellas, Artemisia Gentileschi, Georgia O'Keeffe y Louise Bourgeois. "Un excelente estudio dedicado a artistas internacionales decisivas. Estas esenciales figuras femeninas deber an formar parte de nuestra historia del arte, y este libro es parte de esa importante revisi n". Jessica Morgan, directora de Dia Art Foundation En cada apartado se brindan una sucinta explicaci n, obras caracter sticas y una lista relevante de artistas destacados, rasgos, disciplinas y colecciones. En la secci n de referencia figura un glosario indispensable de t rminos relacionados con el mundo del arte, un cronograma accesible y un ndice de artistas. Los que disfrutan del arte y quieren profundizar en l encontrar n en Esenciales del arte un acompa amiento perfecto que les proporcionar toda la informaci n contextual necesaria para disfrutarlo y comprenderlo, tanto si se trata de un vido galerista, un aficionado a leer c modamente en el sill n o un curioso observador. Con textos atractivos, accesibles, acreditados, con un marcado componente visual y redactados y concebidos por expertos. Focusing on fifty diverse women artists, from Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi through Judy Chicago, Ana Mendieta, and Cindy Sherman, this book equips the reader with a general understanding of the history of art by women, as well as an appreciation of its most outstanding figures from the Baroque to the present day.

With its bold colours, flashy imagery and ironic spirit, Pop Art trespasses the traditional boundaries separating high from low culture. Flavia Frigeri introduces us to a movement that focuses on everyday objects, from its beginnings in the post-war consumerism of America and Britain to its fascinating rise on a global scale in the 1960s. The work of well-known artists, such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Richard Hamilton and Peter Blake, is set in dialogue with that of Japanese Ushio Shinohara, Venezuelan Marisol and Argentinian Marta Minujín, among others. Organized around key themes common to all Pop Art, including advertising, politics, the domestic realm, consumer goods, art history, celebrity culture, war and the space race, this is an essential introduction to the movement that transformed the ‘popular’ into art. A reference section includes a useful timeline, glossary of Pop terms and suggestions for further reading.