{"product_id":"katherine-bernhardt-why-is-a-mushroom-growing-in-my-shower-hardcover","title":"Katherine Bernhardt: Why Is a Mushroom Growing in My Shower? - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatherine Bernhardt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eSuzanne Hudson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDazzling and playful, Katherine Bernhardt's paintings highlight her fascination with American pop vernacular, from Pokemon and the Pink Panther to Crocs and psilocybin mushrooms.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bernhardt has always been impressive for her ability to combine the immediate, seductive properties of paint with the infectious humor of topical pop culture.\" --\u003ci\u003eHyperallergic\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBernhardt's boundless visual appetite has established her as one of the most exciting painters working today. Thinking about the relationship between art, objects, and commerce, Bernhardt spotlights iconic motifs of cartoons and cultural symbols. Colors and lines bleed and pool together, revealing Bernhardt's brisk and improvisational process. Monumental in size, subject matter, and vibrancy, her works demand attention. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExpanding on the exhibition at David Zwirner, London, in 2022, this catalogue includes additional paintings and works on paper in which Bernhardt develops her ongoing body of work. With many details of paintings, this significant publication gives the artist's work ample space to play. Suzanne Hudson's essay considers Bernhardt's work from an art-historical perspective and explores the artist's work and life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKatherine Bernhardt (b. 1975) was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1998 and an MFA from the School of Visual Arts, New York, in 2000. In 2018, the solo exhibition \u003ci\u003eKatherine Bernhardt: Watermelon World\u003c\/i\u003e was on view at the Mario Testino Museum (MATE) in Lima, Peru. The previous year, the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Texas, presented \u003ci\u003eFOCUS: Katherine Bernhardt\u003c\/i\u003e. Also in 2017, the artist painted a sixty-foot-long mural titled \u003ci\u003eXXL Superflat Pancake\u003c\/i\u003e for the St. Louis Contemporary Art Museum. Her work has been included in significant group exhibitions, such as \u003ci\u003eWe Fight to Build a Free World: An Exhibition by Jonathan Horowitz\u003c\/i\u003e, at the Jewish Museum, New York (2020), and \u003ci\u003eNO MAN'S LAND: Women Artists from the Rubell Family Collection\u003c\/i\u003e, Rubell Museum, Miami, which traveled to the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC (2015-2017). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Los Angeles-based art historian and critic, Suzanne Hudson is professor of art history and fine arts at the University of Southern California. A longtime contributor to \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, she is the author of the books \u003ci\u003eRobert Ryman: Used Paint\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), \u003ci\u003eAgnes Martin: Night Sea\u003c\/i\u003e (2017), and \u003ci\u003eContemporary Painting\u003c\/i\u003e (2021). Supported by a New Directions Fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, she is pursuing research into the practical applications of art making for \u003ci\u003eBetter for the Making: Art, Therapy, Process\u003c\/i\u003e, a study of the therapeutic origins of process within American modernism.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.2 x 14.2 x 11.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 05, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764946960672,"sku":"9781644231128","price":80.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/336e4ca858761723d225c57a279ef21c.webp?v=1780258501","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/katherine-bernhardt-why-is-a-mushroom-growing-in-my-shower-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}