{"title":"Melissa E. Feldman","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMelissa E. Feldman\u003c\/strong\u003e offers insightful explorations into the world of contemporary arts and culture, blending keen analysis with vivid storytelling. Her works immerse readers in the nuances of creative expression, often focusing on influential artists and cultural movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThose interested in the intersections of visual art, biography, and cultural critique will find her writing both engaging and enlightening. Feldman’s books invite reflection on the evolving landscape of artistic practice and the personalities shaping it.\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\/melissa-e-feldman.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}