{"product_id":"big-red","title":"Big Red","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtspace and Phaidon are proud to announce a new limited edition by Marilyn Minter, a pioneering New York-based artist featured in Phaidon’s expansive survey, \u003cem\u003eGreat \u003cs\u003eWomen\u003c\/s\u003e Painters\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eBig Red\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (2010\/2022) is the first limited edition print ever made that references one of Minter’s iconic paintings.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough erotically charged imagery, often in extreme close-up, Minter addresses the commodification of women’s bodies, particularly in the worlds of fashion, beauty and pornography. Her hyper-realism mimics the aesthetics of these industries, yet her compositions also feature dirt, stray hairs, visible pores, bodily fluids or other ‘imperfections’ usually airbrushed away in commercial imagery.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince the mid-1990s, Minter’s process has begun with elaborate photoshoots, often featuring Minter herself, to create the source material for her paintings, which are mostly rendered in enamel on metal to further reinforce a high-gloss finish. The original painting \u003cem\u003eBig Red\u003c\/em\u003e emerged from a photoshoot of fellow artist Wangechi Mutu, who sought out portraits to document her pregnancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Minter recalls, “I wasn’t thinking of Wangechi Mutu as the artist. She was a model who was fearless. I didn’t know that when she smiled that her teeth would be gold! We were just playing. I didn’t think of it as Wangechi at all. It works like that with everybody I shoot.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving initially depicted the banalities of feminine daily life in her work of the 1970s, when Minter moved on to more lascivious subjects in the 1980s, she sparked a critical and ideological backlash, being seen by some as antifeminist, prompting her deeper interest in exploring societal mores. Minter’s inclusion in the 2006 \u003cspan\u003eWhitney Biennial\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in New York was the catalyst for a re-evaluation of her work, and in 2015, she had a major retrospective that toured to four US cities. Proceeds from the sale of \u003cem\u003eBig Red\u003c\/em\u003e will benefit the MCA Chicago’s Women Artists Initiative and Planned Parenthood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artspace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46950289211492,"sku":"5056880807227","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0711\/5292\/6820\/files\/marilyn-minter-big-red-ORIG-resize_2d49f79b-87d8-4dc0-a5d3-91148ef7c2de.jpg?v=1770181507","url":"https:\/\/www.phaidon.com\/en-us\/products\/big-red","provider":"Phaidon","version":"1.0","type":"link"}