BOOK:Cecily Brown-Phaidon Publications

Cecily Brown is a British-born, New York-based artist who rose to prominence in the late 1990s. Originally influenced by Abstract Expressionism, Brown has over the years developed her unique voice, which investigates the sensual qualities of oil paint through a process inspired both by abstraction and realism. Through a range of reference to old master paintings and popular culture, Brown’s symbolic language, exuberant brushwork, rich palette, intense energy, and embrace of the erotic have boldly redefined some of painting’s historical canons. “Cecily Brown” by Phaidon Publications describes Brown’s early, erotically charged works, her forays into animation, and her rise within the American gallery system. Throughout the book, Brown’s own words offer enormous insight into her beautiful, impressionistic pictures. Consider these thoughts, on the artistic debt she owes to her novelist mother. “My painting is really close to my mum’s writing. The very visual nature of her writing, its surreal nature, had a big influence on me”.-Dimitris Lempesis