{"product_id":"mamma-andersson-the-lost-paradise-hardcover","title":"Mamma Andersson: The Lost Paradise - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKarl Ove Knausgaard\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books)), \u003cb\u003eMamma Andersson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis volume celebrates the Swedish artist Mamma Andersson's new body of work--melancholic, evocatively colored paintings that explore femininity, fantasy, and memory.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAndersson's works embody a new genre of landscape painting that recalls late nineteenth-century romanticism while also embracing a contemporary interest in layered, psychological compositions. Her panoramic scenes draw inspiration from a wide range of archival photographic source materials, filmic imagery, theater sets, and period interiors as well as the sparse topography of northern Sweden, where she grew up. The paintings utilize a selection of motifs from throughout her career: barren branches and thick-barked pine trees, domestic interiors, horses, and young women. Resembling still lifes, they further a tradition of quiet, dreamlike domestic scenes by Scandinavian artists such as Vilhelm Hammersh i (1864-1916) and Edvard Munch (1863-1944). Part of a self-conscious effort to capture an experience rather than a specific event, the compositions are freer and more abstract and mark a departure from her earlier work. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Splendid color reproductions bring the artist's textured brushstrokes, loose washes, and stark graphic lines to life on the page. The book also features a new essay by critically acclaimed author Karl Ove Knausgaard. \u003ci\u003eThe Lost Paradise\u003c\/i\u003e is published on the occasion of an eponymous exhibition presented at David Zwirner New York in 2020.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKarl Ove Knausgaard\u003c\/b\u003e is a Norwegian author. He became renowned for his six-volume autobiographical novel \u003ci\u003eMy Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e. He has been described as \"one of the 21st century's greatest literary sensations\" by \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. Since the completion of the \u003ci\u003eMy Struggle\u003c\/i\u003e series in 2011, he has also published an autobiographical series entitled \u003ci\u003eThe Seasons Quartet\u003c\/i\u003e as well as critical work on the art of Edvard Munch. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMamma Andersso\u003c\/b\u003en was born in 1962 in Lulea, Sweden. She studied from 1986 to 1993 at the Kungl Konsthogskolan in Stockholm, where she continues to live and work.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 11.97 x 9.37 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42728512421951,"sku":"9781644230565","price":54.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/f344dc19772b2453d3622e8f0eecb3ff.webp?v=1765118786","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/mamma-andersson-the-lost-paradise-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}