Paula Rego. Nursery Rhymes

Paula Rego. Nursery Rhymes

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Language:
Engleza
Publishing Date:
2019
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Cover Type:
Hardcover
Page Count:
72
ISBN:
9780500094105
Dimensions: l: 20.6cm | H: 26.2cm | 1.6cm | 536g

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The bold, distinctive style of Paula Rego’s paintings has acquired for her not only an ever-increasing critical reputation but also an unusually large and enthusiastic following. Her be-ribboned little-girl heroines and fairy-tale characters seem firmly rooted in childhood, yet the innocence of this art is darkened by the underlying themes of power, domination and rebellion, sexuality and gender, that run through her work. Here Rego has turned to the nursery rhyme as a source for her imagery. It is a genre that perfectly complements her art; full of double meanings, rhymes are written from a child’s perspective but are open to adult interpretation. Twenty-six well-known nursery rhymes are accompanied by a series of etchings which she has executed spontaneously as a child might, drawing directly on the plate without preparatory planning. Following the traditions of earlier artists such as Beatrix Potter, she treats the fantastic realistically, dressing animals in human costume and using dream-like dislocations of scale. These are wonderfully comic and rich illustrations with a hint of the sinister, that turn classic nursery rhymes into colourful stories about folly and delusion, cruelty, convention and sex.

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10 melodii noi în 2001 Nota 10

de Dona Tescovschi | 13/07/2013 17:14

“Ten new songs” este un album alcătuit, după cum zice şi titlul, din 10 piese. Chiar dacă unii critici au avut, ceea ce nu putem numi, cuvinte de laudă cu privire la instrumentaţia de pe acest album, cred că versurile sunt cele care îşi vor pune în cele din urmă amprenta pe ascultator. Prefer să mă gândesc la aceste 10 melodii ca fiind 10 poezii aşternute pe o muzică pe cât de simplă, pe atât de frumoasă. Critic fiind, am încercat să găsesc acele fisuri, acele mici imperfecţiuni care să îl pună la colţ, dar sunt infinit de puţine lucrurile care ar putea să îţi displacă la acest album. Sharon Robinson , cea care este co-producător la acest album şi voce pe o mare parte din piese reuşeşte să aducă prin fredonările armonioase un plus de melodicitate acestui material; a se asculta BOOGIE STREET. Piesa preferată: THAT DON'T MAKE IT JUNK, cel mai probabil din cauza versurilor ca: „I fought against the bottle but I had to do it drunk”. Tot printre piesele preferate aş putea aminti: "Alexandra Leaving", "In My Secret Life", "You Have Loved Enough". Ce m-a surpins plăcut a fost "A Thousand Kisses Deep" care a venit ca o continuare a "Waiting For A Miracle To Come" În general, aceste 10 melodii noi în anul 2001 ale lui Leonard Cohen merită ascultate în prezent şi mult timp de acum înainte.

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