| Working Women: Portraits by Mendelson Joe Contributor(s): Joe, Mendelson |
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ISBN: 1550226711 ISBN-13: 9781550226713 Publisher: ECW Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 2004 Annotation: For years, Mendelson Joe has been painting portraits of women, some of them prominent (Anna Banana, Doris Anderson, Irshad Manji, June Callwood, Jane Siberry), and some less so. Along with faithful reproductions of the original paintings, this collection features Joe's own brand of particular comments about the subjects and the sessions. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Individual Artists - General - Art | Subjects & Themes - Portraits - Business & Economics | Women In Business |
| Dewey: 759.11 |
| LCCN: 2005362589 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 102 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: " Mendelson Joe] paints with more emotion than almost any other painter in the country. It comes through blazingly in the colours of his 'Working Women' series." -- Toronto Star In the words of Mendelson Joe: "My purpose in my work, any of it from song to essay to picture, is to tell the truth and it seems that most truth ain't couth. Inequality bugs me. Prejudice bugs me. And, I've long believed that women are the only hope for this ever-degrading organism that mothered us all. So, in 1982, I began to paint portraits of women. The purpose was to document women in the context of their job descriptions, so the pictures showed them as working folks as opposed to sexual objects." For years, Mendelson Joe has been painting portraits of women, some of them prominent (Anna Banana, Doris Anderson, Irshad Manji, June Callwood, Jane Siberry), and some less so. Along with faithful reproductions of the original paintings, Joe has added his own brand of particular comments about the subject and the sessions. |