{"title":"Lisa Baldissera","description":"\u003cp\u003eLisa Baldissera's work offers a compelling exploration of contemporary art through a richly visual and thoughtful lens. Her books invite readers to engage deeply with artistic processes and cultural narratives, making complex ideas accessible and inspiring.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIdeal for enthusiasts of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e, her writing balances critical insight with creative appreciation, providing a nuanced look at the world of art and the stories behind influential works and artists.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"janet-werner-by-ara-osterweil-9781773272023","title":"Janet Werner","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSticky Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e examines and celebrates the evolving work of Montreal-based artist Janet Werner. In her paintings, Werner builds a constellation of spatial and figurative explorations drawn from fashion magazines and art history to create collage-like composite figures that slip easily between articulations of beauty, gender, psychology, and emotion. Werner's painterly operations are both unsettling and seductive, revealing the conditions of perception and looking as passageways to understanding the intensity of the world at hand.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWerner's unique combination of abstraction, fictional portraiture, and the rich history of painting are explored in \u003ci\u003eSticky Pictures\u003c\/i\u003e through texts by art and media historians, as well as an interview with the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJanet Werner's work has been featured in international solo exhibitions from New York to Los Angeles and as far away as Cape Town. Her work was included in the Prague Biennale in 2003 and is featured in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée d'art contemporain in Montreal, The Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto, Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Canadian Embassy in Berlin, the University of Lethbridge, Owens Art Gallery in Sackville, the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, Dunlop Art Gallery in Regina, McEvoy Foundation for the Arts in San Francisco, and numerous private and corporate collections.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWerner lives and works in Montreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455603785964,"sku":"9781773272023","price":84.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/71K52RuUGFL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774786782"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/lisa-baldissera.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}