{"product_id":"pauline-boty-british-pop-arts-sole-sister-hardcover","title":"Pauline Boty: British Pop Art's Sole Sister - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarc Kristal\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'How wonderful that one of those exciting and innovative women artists of the 60s should be recovered and celebrated in this way.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- JULIE CHRISTIE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brings the British pop artist, Pauline Boty, into vivid focus'\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eVANITY FAIR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePauline Boty \u003c\/b\u003e(1938 -1966) was a founding member of the \u003cb\u003eBritish Pop Art\u003c\/b\u003e movement and one of its very few women. She attended London's Royal College of Art at a watershed moment when its students included \u003cb\u003eDavid Hockney, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeter Blake, R.B. Kitaj\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eAllen Jones\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003cb\u003eDying tragically young at the age of 28\u003c\/b\u003e, she is now seen as central to \u003cb\u003eBritish Pop Ar\u003c\/b\u003et and an icon of Sixties culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As well as her work as an artist, she appeared on the stage, TV and in film (including alongside \u003cb\u003eMichael Caine\u003c\/b\u003e in Alfie) and was a regular contributor on BBC radio. She was photographed by D\u003cb\u003eavid Bailey \u003c\/b\u003eand other society photographers and became a key player in 1960s London's golden age. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eOutspoken, provocative and charismatic\u003c\/b\u003e, she refused to accept the oppositions between sexual woman and serious artist, between celebration and critique, between high and low culture. Observer and participant, feminist and hedonist, subject and object, Boty's 'double vision' was decades ahead of its time, and prefigured a diversity of artists--everyone from \u003cb\u003eCindy Sherman to Madonna.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Having been largely forgotten after her death, her reputation has been \u003cb\u003egrowing steadily\u003c\/b\u003e since the rediscovery and exhibition of her works in the early 1990s. As well as cropping up regularly in various books, documentaries and newspaper articles since then, she features as a central character in Ali Smith's novel \u003ci\u003eAutumn\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and one of her works sold for $1.4m at auction in June 2022. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e After seeing her work at an auction in 2013, author Marc Kristal has spent almost ten years researching her life, interviewing the people who knew her and delving into archives and libraries. This is the definitive biography of her life and work, appealing to both those interested in art but in this \u003cb\u003ecreative period of British culture\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarc Kristal is an author, screenwriter, filmmaker, editor, and journalist. He has authored, co-written or contributed to more than forty books, notably \u003ci\u003eRe: Crafted: Interpretations of Craft in Contemporary Architecture and Interiors \u003c\/i\u003e(2010), \u003ci\u003eImmaterial World: Transparency in Architecture\u003c\/i\u003e (2011), and \u003ci\u003eThe New Old House: Historic and Modern Architecture Combined\u003c\/i\u003e (2017). His writing has appeared in numerous publications, including the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArchitectural Digest\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eWallpaper\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMetropolis\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eElle D馗or.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe has also written films about contemporary and modern artists, notably Cindy Sherman and Mark Rothko. He is a two-time MacDowell fellow.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 9.69 x 7.72 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765138850080,"sku":"9780711287549","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/8ad5154f95e8a976827b5592d8935e1c.webp?v=1780262601","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pauline-boty-british-pop-arts-sole-sister-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}