{"title":"Sofia Vranou","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSofia Vranou\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a compelling exploration of contemporary arts and culture, delving into the provocative and the avant-garde. Her works often illuminate the intersections of fashion, performance, and visual art, inviting readers to appreciate the bold creativity that challenges conventional boundaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect insightful narratives that celebrate eclectic figures and innovative artistic expressions. Through vivid storytelling and critical reflection, Vranou’s books capture the spirit of cultural experimentation and the transformative power of art in society.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"leigh-bowery-by-sofia-vranou-9781835951231","title":"Leigh Bowery","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA deep dive into the practice of performance artist Leigh Bowery that reveals the fullness of his extravagant range.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eLeigh Bowery: Performative Costuming and Live Art\u003c\/em\u003e is a critical exploration of the creative practice, social-historical context, and cultural impact of the late London-based artist Leigh Bowery. The diversity of Bowery's work and his marginality as an artist who emerged during the 1980s from a subcultural milieu complicated and thwarted his cultural value, hindering his incorporation into art institutions and performance art narratives for some time. Drawing on a variety of disciplines and challenging research contexts, Sofia Vranou seeks to historicise Bowery's multifaceted body of work and critically situate it within the expanded fields of visual culture and performance studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThrough close analysis of Bowery's key looks and non-theatrical performances, the book investigates the implications of his work in dominant histories of performance art and urgent discourses surrounding normativity, representations of illness, and identity politics. Thought-provoking and engaging, it focuses on Bowery's costuming as a performative strategy that effectively blurs the boundaries between art and life; delves into his aesthetics of freakishness and narcissistic desire, reflects on his involvement with BDSM practices and the performance of extremity, and unpacks the posttranssexual ethos behind his hybrid embodiments and trans-queer visual language.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471072018668,"sku":"9781835951231","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/fcfcaed0b79dc56b918d01c39a347934.jpg?v=1775792586"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/sofia-vranou.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}