Gleefully Askew - A Gladys Nilsson Retrospective

A long-overdue monograph! This book brings together the iconic works of Gladys Nilsson: watercolours, paintings, drawings, and prints from critical moments in her 60-year career. The lavishly illustrated publication includes new scholarship that highlights Nilsson's contributions to postwar and contemporary art.

Well known for watercolours of long-limbed figures engaged in everyday micro-dramas, Nilsson's works earned her a reputation as the most "feminine" member of Chicago's Hairy Who group in the 1960s- a characterization she has challenged and spoofed. Nilsson's self-reflexive and often humorous approach has guided her experimental practice, which also includes Plexiglas paintings, mixed-media collage, and embroidery hoop paintings, all of which are reproduced in this comprehensive retrospective catalogue.

Product details

• Assisted by: Francesca Wilmott (Editor)
• Publisher: Hirmer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 01.05.2026
• EAN: 9783777446844
• ISBN: 978-3-7774-4684-4
• No. of pages: 256
• Illustrations: 150
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art; einzelne Künstler, Künstlermonografien, Malerei und Gemälde, Watercolor, Contemporary, Künstlermonographien, Artist monographs, Artist monography, Paintings, Kunst 21. Jahrhundert, Art 21st Century, colorful