{"title":"Nancy Princenthal","description":"\u003cp\u003eNancy Princenthal’s work offers profound insights into the world of contemporary art, blending critical analysis with a deep appreciation for creative expression. Her writing often explores the lives and legacies of influential artists, shedding light on their unique contributions to visual culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thoughtful narratives that engage with themes of abstraction, identity, and the power of artistic vision. Through her books, Princenthal invites reflection on the intersections of art and experience, making her collection essential for enthusiasts of \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"unspeakable-acts-by-nancy-princenthal-9780500023051","title":"Unspeakable Acts","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 1970s was a time of deep division and newfound freedoms. Galvanized by \u003ci\u003eThe Second Sex\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Feminine Mystique\u003c\/i\u003e, the civil rights movement and the March on Washington, a new generation put their bodies on the line to protest injustice. Still, even in the heart of certain resistance movements, sexual violence against women had reached epidemic levels. Initially, it went largely unacknowledged.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut some bold women artists and activists, including Yoko Ono, Ana Mendieta, Marina Abramovic, Adrian Piper, Suzanne Lacy, Nancy Spero and Jenny Holzer, fired up by women's experiences and the climate of revolution, started a conversation about sexual violence that continues today. Some worked unannounced and unheralded, using the street as their theatre. Others managed to draw support from the highest levels of municipal power. Along the way, they changed the course of art, pioneering a form that came to be called simply performance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAward-winning author Nancy Princenthal takes on these enduring issues and weaves together a new history of performance in \u003cem\u003eUnspeakable Acts\u003c\/em\u003e, challenging us to re-examine the relationship between art and activism, and how we can apply the lessons of that turbulent era to today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47455858753772,"sku":"9780500023051","price":60.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/610sxbxLlOL._SL1500.jpg?v=1774801594"},{"product_id":"agnes-martin-by-nancy-princenthal-9780500294550","title":"Agnes Martin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOver the course of a career that spanned fifty years, Agnes Martin's austere, serene work anticipated and helped to define Minimalism, even as she battled psychological crises and carved out a solitary existence in the American Southwest. \"I paint with my back to the world,\" she claimed; when she died at ninety-two, in Taos, New Mexico, it is said she had not read a newspaper in half a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, for the first time, is an account of Martin's extraordinary life, and a long-awaited critical discussion of her work. Nancy Princenthal tells her story chronologically—from Martin's birth in Saskatchewan and her early days as an artist, living in derelict Manhattan shipping lofts with Jasper Johns, Ellsworth Kelly, Ad Reinhardt and other artists as neighbours; to the seven years she stopped painting, just as her career was taking off, and the months she spent roaming the country in a pick-up truck; and her last thirty years, in Taos, some of that time, in an adobe house she built with her own hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMartin did not achieve recognition until she was in her late forties. Her work—pencilled grids on square canvases, washed with pale or neutral colours—at last receives the critical appraisal it deserves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Thames and Hudson (Australia) Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47595548508396,"sku":"9780500294550","price":61.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780500294550-agnes-martin.jpg?v=1777898936"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/nancy-princenthal.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}