The White Dress

von Nathalie Léger

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The third in Nathalie Léger’s acclaimed genre-defying triptych of books about the struggles and obsessions of women artists. The White Dress is the third in Nathalie Léger's award-winning triptych of books about women who “through their oeuvre, transform their lives into a mystery” (ELLE). In Exposition, Léger wrote about the Countess of Castiglione, the most photographed woman of the nineteenth century; in Suite for Barbara Loden she took up the actress and filmmaker Barbara Loden; here, Léger grapples with the tragic 2008 death of Italian performance artist Pippa Bacca, who was raped and murdered while hiking from Italy to the Middle East in a wedding dress to promote world peace. A harrowing meditation on the risks women encounter, in life and in art, The White Dress also brings to a haunting conclusion Léger's personal interrogation—sustained across all three books—of her relationship with her mother and the desire for justice in our lives.

• Themen: Kunst Kunstformen Nicht grafische und elektronische Kunstformen Performancekunst
• ISBN: 9781948980050
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 15.09.2020
• Größe: 178 x 143 mm
• Verlag: New York Review of Books
• Übersetzung: Natasha Lehrer