{"product_id":"marcia-marcus-9781917273329","title":"Marcia Marcus","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished on the occasion of a major new career retrospective, \u003ci\u003eMarcia Marcus: I Paint What I Like\u003c\/i\u003e provides a much-needed, extensive monographic exploration of a strikingly original artist.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeadstrong and wry, Marcia Marcus (1928–2025) was a fiercely original artist whose work challenges typical understanding of post-war American art. Rejecting mainstream abstraction, Marcus spent five decades painting what compelled her: languorous male nudes, parenthood, great style—subjects her peers rarely explored—all rendered in her distinctive cool and poised hand. Undaunted by New York’s male-dominated art world, she was a vivid presence in downtown Manhattan and Provincetown, pioneering as one of the first women to stage a Happening. Through decades of self-portraiture, she boldly affirmed her own creative voice and upended narrow expectations of gender with wit and defiance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume illuminates Marcus’s multifaceted significance: innovative artist of post-war New York, creator of radically assertive self-portraiture, and essential forerunner of figurative painting today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Debra Lennard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48281762693371,"sku":"9781917273329","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0779\/3917\/9771\/files\/CoreSourceHub_dcdf05cf-9b93-4992-8bbd-dc0623c097b9.jpg?v=1779141377","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.com\/products\/marcia-marcus-9781917273329","provider":"IndiePubs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}