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Born 1953 Cape Town, South Africa. Known for: Abject figurative and portrait painting and drawing-narrative.
Marlene Dumas creates drawings of human figures and portraits that have been described as "startling, frank and subtle." Her work is inspired by imagery from film stars and fashion models such as... Read full biography
Marlene Dumas creates drawings of human figures and portraits that have been described as "startling, frank and subtle." Her work is inspired by imagery from film stars and fashion models such as Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Schiffer and art historical icons including Manet's "Olympia" and Vermeer's... Read full biography
Marlene Dumas creates drawings of human figures and portraits that have been described as "startling, frank and subtle." Her work is inspired by imagery from film stars and fashion models such as Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Schiffer and art historical icons including Manet's "Olympia" and Vermeer's "Woman with a Pearl". Dumas does not use live models, rather, she chooses to paint and draw from photographs-either gathered from magazines, reproductions, or taken by herself-recreating the... Read full biography
Marlene Dumas creates drawings of human figures and portraits that have been described as "startling, frank and subtle." Her work is inspired by imagery from film stars and fashion models such as Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Schiffer and art historical icons including Manet's "Olympia" and Vermeer's "Woman with a Pearl". Dumas does not use live models, rather, she chooses to paint and draw from photographs-either gathered from magazines, reproductions, or taken by herself-recreating the cropping, blurring, and flattening effects of this medium. Many of her drawings have an informal look; the paper, cut from a large roll is often scratched, stained and torn. Issues from art and religion to family and the artist's native South Africa are... Read full biography
Marlene Dumas creates drawings of human figures and portraits that have been described as "startling, frank and subtle." Her work is inspired by imagery from film stars and fashion models such as Brigitte Bardot and Claudia Schiffer and art historical icons including Manet's "Olympia" and Vermeer's "Woman with a Pearl". Dumas does not use live models, rather, she chooses to paint and draw from photographs-either gathered from magazines, reproductions, or taken by herself-recreating the cropping, blurring, and flattening effects of this medium. Many of her drawings have an informal look; the paper, cut from a large roll is often scratched, stained and torn. Issues from art and religion to family and the artist's native South Africa are addressed in her work. Dumas' early work from 1976 to 1983, reflected her interest in human relationships often filled with "uncertainty, a... Read full biography
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Keywords (22)
Art Method
- •Collage and/or Decoupage
- •Easel Painting
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Life-Size Portrait, Figure, Animal
- •Nude Figure, Nudity
- •Portrait-Full Length
- •Portraits, Portraiture
- •Social Commentary, Cultural Issues, Political, Racial Views
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950