{"product_id":"9780789345547","title":"Mary Weatherford: The Flaying of Marsyas","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Weatherford: The Flaying of Marsyas \u003c\/i\u003edocuments an exhibition of new paintings by Mary   Weatherford, which were presented in 2022 at the Museo di Palazzo Grimani,   Venice, to coincide with the 59th Biennale di Venezia.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis catalog documents an exhibition of paintings from   2021–22 by Mary Weatherford, a daring practitioner of American abstraction   and a leading painter of her generation. The   series takes its immediate inspiration from Titian’s late painting, \u003ci\u003eThe   Flaying of Marsyas\u003c\/i\u003e (c. 1570–76), reflecting the artist’s enduring   fascination with this work. Alluding to the Renaissance painter’s subdued   palette, while paying tribute to the distinctive light of Venice, Weatherford   uses Flashe paint and neon tubing to distill the earlier canvas’s affect. She   responds to Titian’s composition by translating the violent character of its   mythological theme into a format that, while more improvisational, also   alludes to fate, hubris, and the relationship between the human and the   divine. Francine Prose’s essay traces the history of depictions of the myth   of Apollo and Marsyas in paintings, and places Weatherford’s interpretation   of the story in the context of contemporary life.","brand":"River Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Rizzoli |  Hardback  |  2024-10-01","offer_id":46019540222207,"sku":"9780789345547","price":135.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_64f34a3a-88f1-4a66-8068-6fdf7c50a003.jpg?v=1723694950","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9780789345547","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}