Minter-isms
Hardcover
- Price:
- $16.95/拢12.99
- ISBN:
- Published:
- May 6, 2025
- Copyright:
- 2025
- Pages:
- 152
- Size:
- 4.25 x 5.25 in.
- 2 b/w illus.
Since the 1980s, Marilyn Minter has been a pioneer of sex-positive feminism in the contemporary art world, pushing the boundaries of what kind of imagery is acceptable in fine art, especially when produced by women. In her photorealistic paintings, including of celebrities such as Madonna, Lady Gaga, and Lizzo, Minter draws on the aesthetics of fashion magazines, depicting cropped women鈥檚 faces and bodies laden with jewels and couture accessories. In some of her work, she has explored how the meaning of pornographic imagery changes when it鈥檚 appropriated and transformed by a woman artist. Gathered from interviews, articles, and other sources, Minter-isms is a compelling collection of quotations that presents Minter鈥檚 revealing thoughts on art, women, power, sexuality, pornography, politics, and more. Filled with wisdom and humor, the book offers new insights about the life, work, and mind of this groundbreaking artist.
- 鈥淚 used to think I was the worst person that ever lived, and that鈥檚 pretty narcissistic of me. I wasn鈥檛 even close.鈥�
- 鈥淢y whole goal was to see if it would change the meaning if women owned sexual imagery, if we actually started making imagery for our own pleasure and amusement.鈥�
- 鈥淲hen it comes to sexual imagery even the most enlightened people can become paralyzed.鈥�
- 鈥淚鈥檓 really glad to see mediocre women artists getting lots of attention, because the boys have been doing it for years. It鈥檚 about time we鈥檙e allowed mediocre women, too.鈥�