{"product_id":"ellen-gallagher-axme-9781849761239","title":"Ellen Gallagher: AxME","description":"\u003cp\u003eEllen Gallagher (b. 1965) is one of the most acclaimed American artists working today. Her paintings  collages  drawings  sculpture  animation  and film installations  which shift between abstraction and figuration  create dynamic encounters between the historic and the present through commentary about race  racism  and cultural identity. Her works explore the language of modernist painting with symbolic or narrative content  often touching on issues of representationfor example  her 2006 piece Bird in Hand  which forms a central part of this appraisal  is a complex relief built up in layers on canvas through the application of newspaper cuttings  clay  rock crystals  silver paint  and gold leaf  created to evoke the mythical Drexciya or Black Atlantis  an underwater world populated by a marine species descended from drowned slaves. Created in close dialogue with the artist  this book catalogues a unique opportunity to present a selective yet coherent overview of Gallaghers practice  bringing together significant works from the early 1990s to the present day and examining some of the key themes and issues that emerge  overlap  repeat  and interweave throughout her practice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67959093657653,"sku":"ByrdShop_184976123X","price":32.93,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781849761239.jpg?v=1794480468","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ellen-gallagher-axme-9781849761239","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}