{"product_id":"my-name-is-maryan-maryan-9783753301426","title":"My Name Is Maryan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn the surreal figuration of an influential postwar artist, covering four decades of paintings, sculptures, drawings and film\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWorking in the wake of postwar trauma and traversing the European and American avant-gardes, the prolific Polish-born painter Maryan (né Pinchas Burstein, 1927-77) created a thrilling post-expressionist vocabulary that has never seemed so prescient.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy Name Is Maryan\u003c\/i\u003e explores the totality of Maryan's career, including how his work was impacted by his firsthand experiences of the Holocaust; his dialogue with peers, from CoBrA artists such as Constant, Asger Jorn and Pierre Alechinsky to his American circle of artists, particularly H.C. Westermann, June Leaf and Leon Golub; his black-and-white works of the 1950s; and a recreation of his studio at the Chelsea Hotel, where he made his final works in the 1970s.\u003cbr\u003eMaryan's historically important single-figure \u003ci\u003ePersonnage\u003c\/i\u003e paintings--highly influential on artists such as Caroll Dunham and Eddie Martinez, and first shown in Paris in 1960--are included, recreating the bulk of that exhibition for the first time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 3753301426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9783753301426\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Walther Konig Verlag\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/10\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.20h x 8.10w x 0.80d","brand":"Maryan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44079430402303,"sku":"9783753301426","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b20a8993-b9d0-4d61-bb4a-d014f445af07.jpg?v=1685481104","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/my-name-is-maryan-maryan-9783753301426","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}