Body High
Death, Drugs, and Eva Hesse
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2025
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New edition
Repeater Books (Verlag)
978-1-915672-87-2 (ISBN)
Repeater Books (Verlag)
978-1-915672-87-2 (ISBN)
How do we medicate ourselves, and why can’t we cure the people we love? In Body High, encounters with lurid bodily sculptures from the '60s offer remedies to the author’s own illness and malaise.
Dripping latex, collapsed rubber
tubes, and visceral forms — these were the raw materials
of a radical 1960s art movement,
where objects transformed into unsettling reflections of the
body’s sensuality and decay.
In Body High, Ryann Donnelly
dives into this provocative world, focusing on the groundbreaking work of
sculptor Eva Hesse and other women artists who redefined the boundaries of
bodily
expression. Blending art criticism
with raw personal memoir, Donnelly weaves Hesse’s revolutionary creations with
her own journey as a musician and artist grappling with her partner's addiction,
fragility, and the complexities of love.
Part autotheory, part modern
feminist history, Body High is an intimate exploration of how we
medicate ourselves, express our pain, and confront the unanswerable question: why can't we save the people we love?
Dripping latex, collapsed rubber
tubes, and visceral forms — these were the raw materials
of a radical 1960s art movement,
where objects transformed into unsettling reflections of the
body’s sensuality and decay.
In Body High, Ryann Donnelly
dives into this provocative world, focusing on the groundbreaking work of
sculptor Eva Hesse and other women artists who redefined the boundaries of
bodily
expression. Blending art criticism
with raw personal memoir, Donnelly weaves Hesse’s revolutionary creations with
her own journey as a musician and artist grappling with her partner's addiction,
fragility, and the complexities of love.
Part autotheory, part modern
feminist history, Body High is an intimate exploration of how we
medicate ourselves, express our pain, and confront the unanswerable question: why can't we save the people we love?
Ryann Donnellyholds a practice-based PhD from the department of Visual Cultures at Goldsmiths,University of London, where she is currently an assistant lecturer. She was thelead singer of Seattle-based band Schoolyard Heroes, who were signed to IslandRecords from 1999-2010.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 09.04.2025 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 130 x 197 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-915672-87-2 / 1915672872 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-915672-87-2 / 9781915672872 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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