Purple Magazine
— The 30YRS Issue #38 F/W 2022
women and painting: part 4
MARLENE DUMAS THE SOUTH AFRICAN-BORN PAINTER REINTERPRETS FOUND AND FABRICATED IMAGES, STYLISTICALLY COMPRESSING THEM INTO SIMPLE, PAINTERLY, OFTEN SCRUFFY DEPICTIONS OF THE EXTREMES OF HUMAN EMOTION. “Paintings tell stories like zombies walk the earth. I moved slowly from the faces to the bodies. From the eyes to the skin. From the word to the flesh. […]
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MARLENE DUMAS, DORA MAAR (THE WOMAN WHO SAW PICASSO CRY), 2008, OIL ON CANVAS, 311/2x235/8 INCHES, COPYRIGHT MARLENE DUMAS, COURTESY OF ZENO X GALLERY, ANTWERP, PHOTO PETER COX
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MARLENE DUMAS, MAMMA ROMA, 2012, OIL ON CANVAS, 113/4x91/2 INCHES, COPYRIGHT MARLENE DUMAS, COURTESY OF PINAULT COLLECTION, PHOTO EDO KUIPERS
