Mennesker afbildet i kunst

US artist Heather Sheehan, who has lived in Cologne since the mid-1990s, combines elements of performance, textile sculpture, installation and video art, analog black and white photography, poetry and narrative in her work to explore and present individual mythology.For her project Sylta, the whaler's widow who cries (2020-2024), the artist combined a sequence of 40 black and white self-portraits, a short story and the costume she sewed herself into a visual and verbal narrative. Isolated with an analog camera and typewriter in a thatched house on the coast of an island in the Wadden Sea of the North Sea, Sheehan felt herself transported into the role of a pregnant widow of a whaling captain. In the short story Ich bin Sylta, she reveals the startling synchronicity of experiencing fiction during the creative process.

The book documents the German climate movement in an era in which the global climate crisis is an ever-present topic. It tells the story of people who put their ideals first and cross moral and legal boundaries to campaign for more climate protection.For this project, photographer Tenzin Heatherbell delved deep into the world of climate activists: he participated in events, attended court hearings, met the activists in private during their preparations and after their actions. With his camera, Heatherbell was there every step of the way, becoming part of the inner circle while remaining a detached observer. He witnessed how more than 3,000 police officers removed climate protesters from Lützerath who had been occupying the village to prevent the expansion of the nearby open-cast mine. The photographer captured over forty of the Last Generation's highly controversial actions staged at museums, on highways, bridges, and airports.Supplemented by personal impressions and essays, Heatherbell has created a photographic portrait that provides insights into a world that is inaccessible to many people. His intimate look behind the scenes of the climate movement allows us to see other images than those supplied by the mass media. He explores the activists' motives and their rage at what they regard as the inertia of politics and society.

Mit ihrem Buch Fragile as Glass präsentiert Sitara Thalia Ambrosio einen einfühlsamen und aufrüttelnden fotografischen Essay, der die Schicksale verschiedener queerer Menschen in der Ukraine dokumentiert. Das Langzeitprojekt schafft Raum für Bilder und Gedanken, die in Krisen- und Kriegszeiten zunehmend ins Hintertreffen geraten.Seit dem Überfall Russlands auf die Ukraine am 24. Februar 2022 ist die mit dem Euromaidan eingeleitete politische und gesellschaftliche Reformation des Landes auf dem Prüfstand. Prioritäten haben sich verschoben, sind in den Hintergrund getreten oder stehen mehr denn je im Fokus. Der vom Krieg überschattete Alltag, die von Russland ausgehende homophobe und transfeindliche Propaganda und die Verfolgung queerer Aktivist*innen bedrohen die schwierige Lage der Community. Das Buch erzählt beispielhaft ihre Geschichten. Zitate und Interviews begleiten die dokumentarischen Fotos aus dem Leben der fünf Protagonist*innen. In intimen, kraftvollen und bewegenden Porträts und Statements wird ihre fragile Situation sichtbar gemacht und deutlich, wie der Krieg ihr Leben, ihr Umfeld, ihre Identität und Sexualität beeinflusst.

The exhibition catalogue Dreihundert Berge (Three Hundred Mountains) comprises a select one hundred paintings by the Chinese artist Haiying Xu (b. 1975). In her work, Xu, who came to Germany more than two decades ago, continues to explore issues of personal identity at the tense interface between heritage, homeland, and migration. Haiying Xu's memories of the traditional cultures of southeastern China give rise to a reinterpretation of childhood fascination, imagination, and the experience of nature, though her paintings are also very specifically inspired by the colorful costumes of the Peking opera, classical Chinese literature, and the spatial concepts of shadow theater. Despite its retrospective character, the main focus of this catalogue is her most recent work, which will be on display in 2024 as part of a solo exhibition at Galerie Andreas Binder in Munich.

Rhyheim: A Porn Poem is a beautiful book of eroticism, of desire and of the longing for intimacy. The book-length poem can be read as a devotional to the gay porn star Rhyheim Shabazz.

Calligraphy means ‘the art of writing beautifully’. Driven by its use in the Koran, artfully executed Arabic script became a key religious and political marker at a very early stage; since then calligraphy has played a central role in the Islamic world.In addition to appearing on paper, artful writing can be found on everything, from coins, weapons, dishes, lamps and textiles to the façades and interiors of buildings. The many types of texts offer rich and varied insights into Islamic art, culture and societies.Beyond Words presents 128 objects featuring calligraphy, most notably from The David Collection. In addition, the book contains articles on such subjects as the Arabic alphabet, classical scripts, the calligraphers and the different types of texts. The publication also explores the use of Arabic lettering in earlier European art and in modern-day Arabic graffiti.

Kalligrafi betyder ”kunsten at skrive smukt”. Med udgangspunkt i Koranen blev kunstfærdig arabisk skrift allerede tidligt en central religiøs og politisk markør, og siden da har kalligrafi spillet en central rolle i den islamiske verden.Ud over på papir optræder kunstfærdig skrift på alt fra mønter, våben, fade, lamper og tekstiler til bygningers facader og deres indre. Der er tale om mange typer tekster, der på forskellig vis fortæller om kunst og kultur og de islamiske samfund.I Mere end ord præsenteres 128 genstande med kalligrafi, især fra Davids Samling. Derudover rummer bogen baggrundsartikler om bl.a. det arabiske alfabet og de klassiske skriftarter, om kalligraferne og om de forskellige typer tekster. Der sættes også fokus på brugen af arabisk skrift i tidligere tiders europæiske kunst og på moderne, arabisk graffiti.

In her multidisciplinary work, Ivonne Thein (born 1979 in Meiningen, lives and works in Berlin) addresses the current body images of a digital culture that is undergoing fundamental change due to extensive technologization. Today, new technologies are profoundly shaping both the physical body and its virtual representations in the visual culture of our time. Thein works with AI systems for her installations and places the question of the problem of imitating nature, and thus the relationship between art, technology and body, at the center of her artistic work. To do this, she combines digital techniques with sculptures that she creates by hand from silicone. Thein thereby evokes an intrusive closeness in the exhibition space, as the images generated with the AI no longer remain just a pure data set on the screen. The book presents works from 2020-2023.

This Black & White comic book drawing guide takes the reader from the basics to advanced comic anatomy. (Also available in Full Color)

Nationalmuseets samling af 415 tegnede og malede portrætter og dragtbilleder tager dig med på en tids­rejse i det danske samfund igennem 300 år. Kendte og ukendte ansigter toner frem, kjoler bruser og hårkunst sitrer i enkle stregtegninger, lette akvareller, minutiøse miniaturer og detaljerige oliemalerier.Her møder du drengen Ingwer, oldingen Drachenberg, den titulære biskop Aspach, godsejeren og kommerceråden Hammond samt bryggeren og lyse­støberen Møller – de sidste tre med hustru. Du hilser på beværtersken Henriette Pätges, skibsføreren og ostindiefareren Lange, ringeren Niels Rytter, guvernøren Rigelsen Bjørn, gøgleren professor Tribini, porcelænsmaleren Else Petersen, christianitten Skovtrolden, skuespillerinden Bodil Kjer og mange flere. Her er mænd i farverige dragter og hvidpudrede parykker med bukler, kortklippede herrer i sort med hvide, stive fadermordere samt mænd i habit og slips med vandkæmmet hår og sideskilning. Her er små drenge i kjole og faldhat. Her er kvinder i snøreliv og korsetter – i bløde empirekjoler, i folderige kjoler med skinkeærmer eller i glatte kjoler i lange, slanke linjer. Her er en overflod af bånd og sløjfer, kyser, kapper, pandekrøller, bævrenåle og brystbuketter. Til daglig er billederne spredt i udstillinger og aflukkede magasiner. Her er de for første gang samlet, så du kan udforske mangfoldigheden eller fordybe dig i det enkelte møde. Alle billederne er gengivet i bogen, og registrene gør det let at finde bestemte personer og steder. DANSKERNES BILLEDSKAT. Befolkning og Påklædning er på én gang et arbejdsredskab for forskere og en skatkiste for alle at gå på opdagelse i con amore.Med bidrag af Mikkel Venborg Pedersen.Katalogets forfatter Mona Rasmussen er fhv. registrator ved Nationalmuseet, Nyere Tid.

This latest volume in The Met’s acclaimed How to Read series explores the meaning of portraiture across time and cultures—from funerary masks to realism to abstraction

Fifty years after Picasso's death, this magnificent collection of drawings offers a career-spanning tour of the artist's brilliant and dynamic use of line and a window into the heart and soul of the most prolific aspect of his oeuvre. From his early studies to his final works, drawing was, for Picasso, an ever-renewing exploration of the powers of the line. Comprising over three hundred reproductions from his massive oeuvre, this collection features both well-received and rarely seen works, as well as images from his extraordinary notebooks. It features fifty penetrating essays that examine the themes, symbols and techniques that echo throughout Picasso's career-from monsters, crucifixions, and self-portraits to crayon, crosshatching, and ink. It includes book illustrations and plans for sculptures; color and figure studies; collage and journal entries. Stunning full-color reproductions allow readers to appreciate the enormous inventiveness and diversity of Picasso's work, from serpentine lines to hatched drawing, from the delicate nuances of pastel to the deep blacks of ink. Accompanying the largest-ever exhibition of Picasso's drawings and engravings, this gorgeous volume is a must-have for students and fans of one of the greatest artists of the modern era.

Kathrin Landa (b. 1980) is a graduate of the prestigious Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig and devotes her art entirely to portrait painting. Her highly acclaimed works live from their expressive objectivity. This catalogue, with an introduction by Michael C. Maurer, showcases the broad spectrum of her work to date, from commissioned pieces to artistic analyses of people at their emotional limits. In his insightful observations, the author Christoph Kolk traces the poetry of her paintings. Stern journalist and couples therapist Nina Poelchau examines Landa's double portraits and finds that they reveal existential patterns of human relationships. Lastly, writer, artist and curator Martin Oswald explains the creation of a portrait from the perspective of the sitter. This richly illustrated publication is more than just a monograph-it is also a work about the very essence of portraiture.

When the group Rrose Irwin Sélavy was founded in Yugoslavia in 1983, its members DuSan Mandic (1954, Ljubljana), Miran Mohar (1958, Novo Mesto), Andrej Savski (1961, Ljubljana), Roman Uranjek (1961, Trbovlje, +2022, Ljubljana) and Borut Vogelnik (*1959, Kranj) were aged between 22 and 29. They all came from the punk and graffiti scene of Ljubljana. Together with the music group Laibach, the theater of the sisters Scipio Nasicas, and the designers from Neuer Kollektivismus (New Collectivism), IRWIN is still one of the main groups of the artists' collective Neue Slowenische Kunst (New Slovenian Art), founded in 1984.This volume is published to mark the 40th anniversary of the artists' collective and to accompany the exhibition at HMKV Dortmund. Since 1983, IRWIN has been investigating the art history of Eastern Europe, especially the ambivalent legacy of the historical avant-garde and its totalitarian successors, i.e. the dialectic of avant-garde and totalitarianism. Since the 1990s, the focus of the group has been on challenging the art history of "Western Modernism" in a critical and iconoclastic way. The artists playfully and darkly contrast it with the "retro avant-garde" and an "Eastern Modernism".The book, which can be read from both sides, is made up of two parts: the first chapter explores the black humor that is a consistent element in IRWIN's work. The second chapter examines issues relating to the state - and how IRWIN uses them to comment on current topics such as migration.

Anziehend und abstoßend zugleich ist Francis Bacons Bildnis seines ersten Lebenspartners Peter Lacy. Das monumentale "Portrait" aus dem Jahr 1962 war lange Zeit vor der Öffentlichkeit verborgen. Kurz nach seiner Entstehung erwarb es der italienische Regisseur Michelangelo Antonioni und es blieb jahrzehntelang in Privatbesitz. Dabei entpuppt es sich als ein Schlüsselwerk, das an einem Wendepunkt entstand. Markus Rath führt erstmals diese Stränge zusammen und bettet das Gemälde in Bacons Bildwelt ein. Der englische Maler bekennt sich darin zu einer biografisch orientierten Gegenständlichkeit, konzentriert sein kompositorisches Schema auf den bühnenartigen Innenraum und forciert den Kontrast zwischen flächigem Grund und farbgesättigter Figur - wegweisende kompositorische Verfahren, die sein Spätwerk entscheidend prägen sollten.

Die Publikation widmet sich dem Wandel von Männlichkeit(en), den Bildende Künstler:innen seit den 1970er Jahren und aktuell mehr denn je verhandeln. Die vielfältigen künstlerischen Prozesse, in denen die Vorstellung von Männlichkeit als scheinbar universale, unumstößliche Konstante sukzessiv durch die Annahme einer Pluralität von Männlichkeiten abgelöst wird, beleuchten die kunst- und kulturwissenschaftlichen Beiträge des Bandes in vier Sektionen: Postphallische Männlichkeit, Queering Masculinities, Optimierte Männlichkeit(en) und Verletzlichkeit. Ausgehend von der Prämisse, dass Männerkörper keinen intrinsischen Wesenskern besitzen, sondern sozial konstruiert und somit transformierbar sind, werden Visionen zukünftiger Männlichkeit(en) diskutiert und greifbar gemacht.

¿Forest Spirit Grayscale Coloring Book¿A wonderful detailed forest characters coloring book The coloring book includes66 pp.A4whtie backs (no pushing through, ideal for framing)spirits of the forestspirits made of wood and rootsplants and treesSoftcoverA perfect gift for all mystic, fantasy fans, for lovers of Gaia mother earth and nature spirits people.

With his first photographic album, Christian Heymann embarks on an emotional and personal journey. In dark, melancholic and beautiful shots, the photographer processes the failed relationship with his girlfriend.Faced with the desire for an open relationship, Heymann found himself in a calamitous situation, which was quickly characterized by envy and jealousy and subsequently developed a disturbing dynamic. The waning love, the appearance of other partners, and the constant struggle for affirmation left Heymann feeling numb. His book shows the complicated process of mutual alienation and is simultaneously an attempt both to come to terms with what he and his girlfriend experienced and to find each other in a new way.Photographs marked by vulnerability and emotional froideur mix with sensitive still lifes and threatening landscape scenes to create a poignantly atmospheric narrative that reveals a deep and intimate view into the state of mind of those portrayed.

Mandy El-Sayeghs künstlerische Praxis bezieht sich unter anderem auf eine langjährige Recherche, die ihre Arbeit in ihrer Vielfalt an Formen und Medien durchdringt - die des Körpers in seinen zahlreichen Facetten: in der Gesellschaft, in der Wissenschaft, in der Erotik, als Metapher, als Pathologie, als widerspenstiges Objekt. Die in Malaysia geborene Künstlerin ist fasziniert von dem Status und der Autorität, die verschiedenen Körpern verliehen werden - nicht zuletzt manifestiert durch ihre Herkunft und den damit einhergehenden jeweiligen kulturellen und soziologischen Einschreibungen. Ebenso betrachtet El-Sayegh ihre einzelnen Kunstwerke als Körper, die jeweils aus disparaten Fragmente bestehen, wobei ihre Aufgabe darin liegt, diese immer zu einem kohärenten Ganzen zusammenzufügen. Dabei schöpft sie ihr Material aus einem umfangreichen Archiv, eine wesentliche Grundvoraussetzung für Ihre raumbezogene, auf zahlreiche Medien, wie Skulptur, Malerei und Performance ausgerichtete Arbeit. Mandy El-Sayegh war 2017 für den Max Mara Art Prize for Woman nominiert.Text: Gareth Longstaff, Anna Pigott, Oliver ZybokInterview mit der Künstlerin / and an interview with the artist by von Hans Ulrich Obrist

Die späten 1960er-Jahre waren in Westdeutschland eine Zeit der politischen und sozialen Unruhen, der künstlerischen Solidarität, des Experimentierens, oft verbunden mit antikapitalistischer Kritik. Für Ilse Henin, die in jenen Jahren studierte, war es eine prägende Zeit. In den späten 1970er-Jahren nahm sie jedoch eine Auszeit von der Kunst, da sie diese als zu stark von Männern dominiert empfand, kehrte in den 1980er-Jahren wieder zur künstlerischen Arbeit zurück. Es erschien ihr dabei stets notwendig, innerhalb der Gesellschaft eine künstlerische wie auch soziale Gegenkultur zu schaffen. Von den Werken Ilse Henins ausgehend, wird in der Ausstellung ein Netz zu den fünf jüngeren, zeitgenössischen Positionen geflochten. Die Arbeiten von Keltie Ferris (*1977 in Louisville/USA), Ilse Henin (*1944 in Köln), Hayv Kahraman (*1981 in Bagdad/IRQ), Gisela McDaniel (*1995 in Nebraska/USA), Soraya Sharghi (*1988 in Teheran/IRN) und Emma Talbot (*1969 in London) eint die Verflechtung von vermeintlich klassischen, als weiblich gelesenen Motiven, sie alle haben sie jedoch zu völlig unterschiedlichen Sujets weiterentwickelt. "Das Weibliche" als Motiv wird in einen zeitgenössischen Kontext gerückt. Die Frau ist nicht mehr schönes Beiwerk oder Projektionsfläche des male gaze, sondern Hauptfigur und Identitäts-trägerin des Werks. Sie sind starke, selbstbestimmte und sich ihrer Position bewusste Heroinnen einer neuen Erzählung von Femininität. Gleichzeitig werden klassische Vorstellungen von Weiblichkeit und Männlichkeit hinterfragt.

Love Coloring Faces? This forest-themed book filled with a diversity of portraits is waiting for you!This unique coloring book features beautiful portraits of an array of women's faces framed by forest-themed florals or accompanied by woodland creatures. Twenty-five portrait illustrations have bold, natural lines on single-sided pages. This book is suitable for colored pencils, light marker or pastel and pages are not perforated.Portraits are one of the most important subjects for artists and these illustrations are designed to inspire artistic expression for a variety of skill levels. For coloring book fans (teens and adults), faces are uniquely enjoyable to color. Relax with some coloring and enjoy Jen Racine's interpretation of Faces in the Forest.