{"product_id":"luncheons-on-the-grass-reimagining-manets-le-dejeuner-sur-lherbe-hardcover","title":"Luncheons on the Grass: Reimagining Manet's Le Déjeuner Sur l'Herbe - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeffrey Deitch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eAruna D'Souza\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMarina Molarsky-Beck\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThirty-five contemporary artists create their own version of \u003ci\u003eLe Déjeuner sur l'herbe\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eÉdouard Manet's \u003ci\u003eLe Déjeuner sur l'herbe\u003c\/i\u003e (1863) is generally cited as the first modern painting. The entry slide in art history lectures about modernism, the work remains among the \"most audacious painting[s] ever seen in France,\" as Ross King described it in \u003ci\u003eThe Judgement of Paris \u003c\/i\u003e(2006). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Manet did with \u003ci\u003eLe Déjeuner sur l'herbe\u003c\/i\u003e, the most provocative painters today collapse the historical and the contemporary onto one plane. Jeffrey Deitch invited a group of these influential artists to create their own versions, combined here with historical responses to Manet's painting. The slim volume features these often biting and satirical works alongside essays discussing \u003ci\u003eLe Déjeuner sur l'herbe\u003c\/i\u003e's enduring influence on contemporary figurative painting.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeffrey Deitch\u003c\/b\u003e has helped to build the careers of some of many leading contemporary artists as a gallerist and curator. He is the former Director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eAruna D'Souza\u003c\/b\u003e writes about modern and contemporary art; intersectional feminisms and other forms of politics. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarina Molarsky-Beck\u003c\/b\u003e studies twentieth-century art, with a focus on interwar photography and histories of gender and sexuality. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThomas E. Crow\u003c\/b\u003e is an American art historian and art critic who is best known for his influential writing on the role of art in modern society and culture.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 212\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.87 x 10.24 x 7.24 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749181587744,"sku":"9780847899876","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/9b98ba7c2739584a717eb6629aba96ed.webp?v=1779925708","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/luncheons-on-the-grass-reimagining-manets-le-dejeuner-sur-lherbe-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}