{"product_id":"9781917273329-marcia-marcus","title":"Marcia Marcus","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI Paint What I Like\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished on the occasion of a major new  career retrospective, this new volume provides a much-needed, extensive  monographic exploration of  a strikingly  original artist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeadstrong and wry, Marcia Marcus (1928–2025) was a fiercely original artist whose work challenges typical understanding of post-war American art. Rejecting mainstream abstraction, Marcus spent five decades painting what compelled her: languorous male nudes, parenthood, great style—subjects her peers rarely explored—all rendered in her distinctive cool and poised hand. Undaunted by New York’s male-dominated art world, she was a vivid presence in downtown Manhattan and Provincetown, pioneering as one of the first women to stage a Happening. Through decades of self-portraiture, she boldly affirmed her own creative voice and upended narrow expectations of gender with wit and defiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis volume illuminates Marcus’s multifaceted significance: innovative artist of post-war New York, creator of radically assertive self-portraiture, and essential forerunner of figurative painting today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56897035043190,"sku":"9781917273329","price":28.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_39952240.jpg?v=1770845562","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781917273329-marcia-marcus","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}