{"product_id":"my-name-is-maryan-hardcover","title":"My Name Is Maryan - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMaryan\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eAlison M. Gingeras\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChana Sheldon\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the surreal figuration of an influential postwar artist, covering four decades of paintings, sculptures, drawings and film\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking in the wake of postwar trauma and traversing the European and American avant-gardes, the prolific Polish-born painter Maryan (né Pinchas Burstein, 1927-77) created a thrilling post-expressionist vocabulary that has never seemed so prescient.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Maryan\u003c\/i\u003e explores the totality of Maryan's career, including how his work was impacted by his firsthand experiences of the Holocaust; his dialogue with peers, from CoBrA artists such as Constant, Asger Jorn and Pierre Alechinsky to his American circle of artists, particularly H.C. Westermann, June Leaf and Leon Golub; his black-and-white works of the 1950s; and a recreation of his studio at the Chelsea Hotel, where he made his final works in the 1970s.\u003cbr\u003eMaryan's historically important single-figure \u003ci\u003ePersonnage\u003c\/i\u003e paintings--highly influential on artists such as Caroll Dunham and Eddie Martinez, and first shown in Paris in 1960--are included, recreating the bulk of that exhibition for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 11.2 x 8.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 10, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42156377112711,"sku":"9783753301426","price":67.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/22a3737408235dadb36cb3ec61964a76.webp?v=1733243293","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/my-name-is-maryan-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}