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Exquisite Monograph from Rizzoli
LaMonte's highly charged works embody a challenge to historic conceptions of the female nude. Integrated into a comprehensive monograph are 250 images of her acclaimed series--from glass, ceramic, bronze, and rusted iron-draped female figures to timely explorations in climatology and biomimetics. In this definitive look at a vital contemporary artist, essays by award-winning authors frame LaMonte's work in the context of female identity, music, art history, and science, placing her alongside other contemporary sculptors who have adopted the human body as a vehicle for expressing the human condition.
Featuring essays by Arthur Danto, Brett Littman, Laura Addison, Steven A. Nash, and Lucy R. Lippard
Published by Rizzoli Electa | 2020 | 256p
Nocturnes: Inspired by the Beauty of Night
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An engrossing exploration of the artworks of Karen LaMonte, a renowned contemporary artist who has gained international recognition for creating life-sized figurative sculptures that investigate complex ideas of identity, body culture, femininity, fashion, feminism, transience, and perceptions of beauty. This monograph focuses on LaMonte's Nocturnes series, featuring essays by Dr. Steven Nash and the artist, and over 200 pages of beautiful color plates."
Featuring essays by Steven A. Nash and Karen LaMonte
Art Works Publishing | 2019 | 250p
Floating World: Explorations in Japan
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Having focused for a decade on dress styles and drapery characteristic of Western society from the dress of classical statuary to the sumptuous flow of cloth in baroque painting and sculpture LaMonte turned her attention four years ago to Japan and the clothing that most embodies that culture: the kimono. This volume illustrates her new works in bronze, ceramic, glass and rusted iron along with essays by the artist and Laura Addison, the Curator of Contemporary Art at the New Mexico Museum of Art.
Authors: Laura Addision & Karen LaMonte
Art Works Publishing | 2013 | 168p
Past Publications & Monographs
Absence Adorned | 2005
Vanitas | 2004
Sculptures & Sartoriotypes | 2003
Absent Impressions | 2002
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