Archive Hatje Cantz Verlag | Egon Schiele – Jenny Saville

The Main Body Of Work By Painter Egon Schiele (1890–1918), Who Died At An Early Age, Was Produced Within Barely A Decade. His Famous Nudes Unwaver­Ingly Probed The Existential Core Of Human Experi­Ence. The Paintings Of Jenny Saville (* 1970 In Cam­Bridge) Are No Less Intense In Terms Of Their Physicality And Confrontational Stance. This Catalogue Brings To­Gether The Works Of These Two Artists For The First Time. Revealed Is The Stylistic And Thematic Proximity Of The Body-Landscapes And Portraits By The Two Young “Stars”—Despite The Decades Separating Their Work And Their Varying Use Of The Brush. The Paint­Ings And Drawings Of Both Artists Lend The Human Body An Insistent Corporeality, Which Is Rendered In Every Detail. In Schiele’S Self-Portraits, Usually Small-Format Works, The Pose, The Accentuated View From Below, And Gestural Style Give The Images A Visual Impact Equal To The Forceful Punch Of Saville’S Giant Formats. (English Edition Isbn 978-3-7757-3851-4)



Exhibition: Kunsthaus Zürich 10.10.2014–18.1.2015