{"product_id":"striking-a-pose-by-anita-kunz-9781683968832","title":"Striking a Pose","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by her own art students' struggles and triumphs with nude life drawing, Anita Kunz turns her brushes to nearly 150 speculative portraits of famous figures, stripped of their vanities and as unpretentiously posed as life models. Alone or grouped, male marvels and monsters and musicians stand, lean, and sit for the imaginary eye of the acclaimed painter and illustrator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawn with a casual wit, Kunz's caricatures combine with naturalism to undercut the mystique of her subjects. The well-known faces become less significant than the unknown bodies, as though the celebrities and creators are descending from their pedestals in order to pose.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLess directly comic or polemical than her previous \u003cem\u003eAnother History Of Art\u003c\/em\u003e (Fantagraphics, 2021), \u003cem\u003eStriking a Pose\u003c\/em\u003e nevertheless includes a feminist flip on the role of the nude model. Kunz upends historical gender prejudices within the fine art world while also finding a welcoming humour in the bathos of the naked body.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46833503076588,"sku":"9781683968832","price":43.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/15391593482787.jpg?v=1758463988","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/striking-a-pose-by-anita-kunz-9781683968832","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}