Great Women Sculptors
By (Author) Phaidon Editors
Introduction by Lisa Le Feuvre
Phaidon Press Ltd
Phaidon Press Ltd
24th September 2024
24th September 2024
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
History of art
Gender studies: women and girls
730.922
Hardback
344
Width 250mm, Height 290mm, Spine 36mm
Presenting a more expansive and inclusive history of sculpture, Great Women Sculptors surveys the work of more than 300 trailblazing artists from over 60 countries, spanning 500 years from the Renaissance to the present day.
Organized alphabetically, each artist is represented by an image and newly commissioned text. This wide-ranging survey champions the best-known women sculptors from art history alongsidetoday's rising stars.From more recognizable names such as Camille Claudel, Gego, Barbara Hepworth, and Yayoi Kusama to some of today's most significant contemporary artists including Huma Bhaba, Mona Hatoum, and Simone Leigh, this book showcases 500 years of sculptural creativity in one accessible, visually stunning volume.Lisa Le Feuvre is a curator, writer, and editor. She is inaugural Executive Director of Holt/Smithson Foundation, the artist-endowed foundation dedicated to the creative legacies of Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson. Between 2010 and 2017 Le Feuvre was Head of Sculpture Studies at the Henry Moore Institute, directing the research component of the largest artist-endowed foundation in Europe, leading programs of education, research, collections, publications, and exhibitions focused on sculptural thinking. Le Feuvre has written and contributed to many books, including Nancy Holt: Inside/Outside, published by Monacelli Press.