Edvard Munch
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Between the Clock and the Bed
Edited by Gary Garrels, Jon-Ove Steihaug, and Sheena Wagstaff; With a preface by Karl Ove Knausgaard, and essays by Patricia G. Berman, Allison Morehead, Richard Shiff, and Mille Stein
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This engaging book offers a fresh look at the exceptional works of Edvard Munch (1863–1944) by examining them in the light of his precarious mental state. Following a nervous breakdown in 1908, Munch underwent electroshock therapy, which prompted a marked change in his art work. The haunting Self-Portrait between the Clock and the Bed, finished one year before his death, represents a culmination of the themes of mortality, isolation, and anxiety that he explored repeatedly, and provides, in these pages, a perfect lens through which to view the artist’s entire oeuvre. Informative essays consider Munch’s position in the art world, his conception of self as a means of experimentation, and the psychological content of his paintings, while a previously unpublished foreword by the celebrated Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard offers a new perspective on Munch's life and work. Featuring over 40 masterworks from throughout the painter’s career, and an illustrated chronology that traces the progression of his emotional state and its influence on the images he created, this is an intimate, provocative study of an enigmatic artist and his remarkable legacy.
Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule:
SFMOMA, San Francisco
(06/24/17–10/09/17)
The Met Breuer, New York
(11/14/17–02/04/18)
Munch Museum, Oslo
(05/12/18–09/09/18)
Gary Garrels is Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Jon-Ove Steihaug is senior curator at the Munch Museum, Oslo. Sheena Wagstaff is Leonard A. Lauder Chairman in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Karl Ove Knausgaard is the author of the bestselling series of novels My Struggle.
EXHIBITION SCHEDULE
SFMOMA, San Francisco
(06/24/17–10/09/17)
The Met Breuer, New York
(11/14/17–02/04/18)
Munch Museum, Oslo
(05/12/18–09/09/18)
Publication Date: July 4, 2017
Publishing Partner: Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press
105 color illus.
