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Jenny Saville |
26th October 2007, 13:56 |
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Completing her studies at the Glasgow School of Art in 1992, Jenny Saville's graduation was a huge success; every painting was sold - one to British mega-collector Charles Saatchi. By the time she was preparing to return to college for her post-graduate studies, Saatchi had tracked down the other works that had already been sold and bought them too. He then offered the artist an 18-month contract, supporting her while she created new work to be exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery in London. It was an explosive start to a young artist's career.
The images that had catapulted Saville into the international art world were born from a fusion of her addictive love of painting and strong interest in feminist theory. Yet Saville's chosen methods - large oil paintings of female nudes - were oddly outmoded: implicitly associated with a male-dominated art history. That she has managed to use such means to put forward a consistent, credible statement as a contemporary female artist is testament to the singularity of her vision.
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Completing her studies at the Glasgow School of Art in 1992, Jenny Saville's graduation was a huge success; every painting was sold - one to British mega-collector Charles Saatchi. By the time she was preparing to return to college for her post-graduate studies, Saatchi had tracked down the other works that had already been sold and bought them too. He then offered the artist an 18-month contract, supporting her while she created new work to be exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery in London. It was an explosive start to a young artist's career.
The images that had catapulted Saville into the international art world were born from a fusion of her addictive love of painting and strong interest in feminist theory. Yet Saville's chosen methods - large oil paintings of female nudes - were oddly outmoded: implicitly associated with a male-dominated art history. That she has managed to use such means to put forward a consistent, credible statement as a contemporary female artist is testament to the singularity of her vision.
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Jenny Saville |
26th October 2007, 13:56 |
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Completing her studies at the Glasgow School of Art in 1992, Jenny Saville's graduation was a huge success; every painting was sold - one to British mega-collector Charles Saatchi. By the time she was preparing to return to college for her post-graduate studies, Saatchi had tracked down the other works that had already been sold and bought them too. He then offered the artist an 18-month contract, supporting her while she created new work to be exhibited in the Saatchi Gallery in London. It was an explosive start to a young artist's career.
The images that had catapulted Saville into the international art world were born from a fusion of her addictive love of painting and strong interest in feminist theory. Yet Saville's chosen methods - large oil paintings of female nudes - were oddly outmoded: implicitly associated with a male-dominated art history. That she has managed to use such means to put forward a consistent, credible statement as a contemporary female artist is testament to the singularity of her vision.
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