Summary
Kim Lord is an avant-garde figure, feminist icon, and agent provocateur in the L.A. art scene. Her groundbreaking new exhibition Still Lives is comprised of self-portraits depicting herself as famous, murdered women--the Black Dahlia, Chandra Levy, Nicole Brown Simpson, among many others--and the wo... Full description
Summary: |
Kim Lord is an avant-garde figure, feminist icon, and agent provocateur in the L.A. art scene. Her groundbreaking new exhibition Still Lives is comprised of self-portraits depicting herself as famous, murdered women--the Black Dahlia, Chandra Levy, Nicole Brown Simpson, among many others--and the works are as compelling as they are disturbing, implicating a culture that is too accustomed to violence against women. As the city's richest art patrons pour into the Rocque Museum's opening night, all the staff, including editor Maggie Richter, hope the event will be enough to save the historic institution's flailing finances. Except Kim Lord never shows up to her own gala. Fear mounts as the hours and days drag on and Lord remains missing. |
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Physical Description: |
277 pages ; 24 cm |
ISBN: |
9781619021112 1619021110 |
Author Notes: |
Maria Hummel is a writer and editor at MOCA in Los Angeles. She earned a Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University and taught there for several years. She has written several books including the Reese Witherspoon Book Club pick, Still Lives. Her other title's include Motherland and the poetry collection House and Fire. She is currenty an assistant professor at the University of Vermont. (Bowker Author Biography) |