Marianne Heske. A Doll's House

The first monograph of one of Norway's most important contemporary artists to be published in English.
The work of the Norwegian artist Marianne Heske falls outside conventional categories of art. A 1971 visit to Marché aux Puces near the Porte de Montreuil in Paris would prove important for the artist. There, she found a box of papier-maché doll heads with a look reflecting the glamour of early twentieth-century film stars.
These were to become an important metaphor in her artistic development. Heske soon began to create works that involved the dolls-assemblages, photographs, videos, and graphic works-and dolls became a central part of her oeuvre.
Key Sales Information - This book focuses on a central part of Marianne Heske's oeuvre. Heske's works- videos, lithographs, installations, sculptures-reflect directly on Ibsen's "A Doll's House".
- Just as Ibsen's A Doll's House is performed all over the world, so Heske has used dolls from around the world presented here for the first time in an English language monograph.
- Includes contributions by leading Norwegian art and literary critics and an interview to Marianne Heske and Jon Fosse by Hans-Ulrich Obrist.