Jenny Saville: Oxyrhynchus

This is the extensive publication that Gagosian London has produced for its show of Jenny Saville's art OXYRHNCHUS. The printed reproductions are large and of the most high quality of any art book that honors one of the great artist/painters living. All of the works are very large and the book finishes with images from the gallery with the art works installed. What a fine gallery to honor this Art (Gagosian always does it right)! There is excellent scholastic writing to give context, even an image of an original page that T.S. Eliot typed and hand corrected to what was to become his famous poem THE WASTE LAND and how it gives context to OXYCHRYNCHUS where Jenny Saville's art is layer up layer of our human "waste land" made sensuous like the touching "skin", the surface of either the paper or canvas. Even the binding is just like canvas with her markings reproduced as if one were able to touch the surface of her work via this magnificent book.

I particularly like her way of overlaying drawings to create a sense of time and movement

Beautifully published with a lot of clouse-ups.

bigger than her first book

Really clear high quality images of artwork on good quality paper.

Stunning book. Wonderful reproductions of Saville's drawings.

Gift for Art inclined Daughter- "Greatt Gift"

A most wonderful look at Jenny Saville's latest work. The initial glance through the book shows an artist very familiar with her subject matter, the human body. Reading the text only enhances what we see on the page. Inspiring!