FORTHCOMING Edited by Nino Mier. Preface by Susan Thompson. Text by Bill Powers.
This is the first monograph on Virginia-born, New York–based artist Kyle Staver (born 1953), considering her paintings, works on paper and relief sculptures from 2009 to 2024. Staver’s foreshortened paintings, often chimerical in their color palettes and perspectives, place the viewer within the lurid, dramatic tales of Greek mythology and traditional folklore. Her three-dimensional reliefs emulate classical friezes, capturing the tension of Europa being thrown off Zeus as a bull or Paris offering the golden apple to Aphrodite. Despite the popularity of the source material, Staver creates new, fantastical scenes for her characters to inhabit, whether it be Artemis chatting . . . .go to book page >> |  | STATUS: Forthcoming | 8/27/2024 This title is not yet published in the U.S. To pre-order or receive notice when the book is available, please email orders @ artbook.com | NINO MIER GALLERYClth, 10 x 13 in. / 164 pgs / 82 color / 3 bw. | 8/27/2024 | Awaiting stock | US $65.00 |
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