{"product_id":"art-monsters-unruly-bodies-in-feminist-art-9780374105952","title":"Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Must-Read: \u003ci\u003eVogue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNylon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrieze\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Millions\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInsideHook\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Next Big Idea Club\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Lauren] Elkin is a stylish, determined provocateur . . . Sharp and cool . . . [\u003ci\u003eArt Monsters\u003c\/i\u003e is] exemplary. It describes a whole way to live, worthy of secret admiration.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Maggie Lange, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Destined to become a new classic . . . Elkin shatters the truisms that have evolved around feminist thought.\" --Chris Kraus, author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e I Love Dick\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfter Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat kind of art does a monster make? And what if \u003ci\u003emonster\u003c\/i\u003e is a verb? Noun or a verb, the idea is a dare: to overwhelm limits, to invent our own definitions of beauty.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies, and art, Lauren Elkin--the celebrated author of \u003ci\u003eFl?neuse\u003c\/i\u003e--explores the ways in which feminist artists have taken up the challenge of their work and how they not only react against the patriarchy but redefine their own aesthetic aims. How do we tell the truth about our experiences as bodies? What is the language, what are the materials, that we need to transcribe them? And what are the unique questions facing those engaged with female bodies, queer bodies, sick bodies, racialized bodies? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEncompassing a rich genealogy of work across the literary and artistic landscape, Elkin makes daring links between disparate points of reference--among them Julia Margaret Cameron's photography, Kara Walker's silhouettes, Vanessa Bell's portraits, Eva Hesse's rope sculptures, Carolee Schneemann's body art, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's trilingual masterpiece \u003ci\u003eDICTEE\u003c\/i\u003e--and steps into the tradition of cultural criticism established by Susan Sontag, H?l?ne Cixous, and Maggie Nelson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn erudite, potent examination of beauty and excess, sentiment and touch, the personal and the political, the ambiguous and the opaque, \u003ci\u003eArt Monsters \u003c\/i\u003eis a radical intervention that forces us to consider how the idea of the art monster might transform the way we imagine--and enact--our lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Elkin\u003c\/b\u003e's essays have appeared in many publications, including \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Frieze\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Times Literary Supplement. \u003c\/i\u003eHer book \u003ci\u003eFl?neuse \u003c\/i\u003ewas named a notable book of 2017 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003eand was a finalist for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. A native New Yorker, she lived in Paris for twenty years and now resides in London.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Farrar, Straus and Giroux","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50581994111250,"sku":"9780374105952","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_715f5940-ea8e-43ba-bcf2-b9a9e498a1d3.jpg?v=1737080355","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/art-monsters-unruly-bodies-in-feminist-art-9780374105952","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}