Jenny
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Jenny Saville is a contemporary British painter renowned for her large-scale, unflinching depictions of the human body that challenge conventional ideals of beauty.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jenny canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
British artist
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contemporary artist ⓘ human ⓘ painter ⓘ |
| artisticFocus |
distortion of the body
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female body ⓘ medical imagery ⓘ obesity and excess flesh ⓘ plastic surgery ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Charles Saatchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthCountry | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1970-05-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Cambridge, England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| birthYear | 1970 ⓘ |
| careerEvent | was commissioned by Charles Saatchi early in her career ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Glasgow School of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| education | Glasgow School of Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| exhibitedAt |
Gagosian Gallery
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Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome NERFINISHED ⓘ Royal Academy of Arts, London NERFINISHED ⓘ Saatchi Gallery NERFINISHED ⓘ Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Saville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field | painting ⓘ |
| genre | figurative art ⓘ |
| givenName | Jenny NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graduationYear | 1992 ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Francis Bacon
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Lucian Freud NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Paul Rubens NERFINISHED ⓘ Titian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
challenging conventional ideals of beauty
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large-scale paintings of the human body ⓘ unflinching depictions of flesh ⓘ |
| movement |
Young British Artists
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contemporary art ⓘ |
| name | Jenny Saville NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | British ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Branded
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Closed Contact NERFINISHED ⓘ Fulcrum NERFINISHED ⓘ Plan ⓘ Propped NERFINISHED ⓘ Reverse NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style |
close-up cropped compositions
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monumental scale ⓘ realist yet distorted figuration ⓘ thick impasto paint ⓘ |
| theme |
beauty standards
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corporeality ⓘ gender ⓘ identity ⓘ vulnerability of the body ⓘ |
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