Sherry Markovitz: Shimmer, Paintings and Sculptures, 1979-2006

by Josin Ianco-Starrels and Chris Bruce

This book brings together forty-two works spanning nearly three decades of Seattle artist Sherry Markovitz 's remarkable development. It traces the evolution of her work from the obsessively beaded and extravagantly patterned taxidermy heads to the more subdued and haunting figurative paintings and doll sculptures. The work is intensely alive and transformative, its sources rooted in personal experience set in conversation with diverse cultural paradigms...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0975566245
• ISBN13: 9780975566244
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Museum of Art/Washington State University
• Length: 120 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.4" x 10.1"

Customer Reviews

Amazing Talent

I do not know how this woman has the time & patience to do this incredile work.

WOWIE-ZOWIE

Amazing. Fabulous. Inspiring. I'm such a big fan of her beadwork, especially the animal heads, and see a lot of great work I'm unfamiliar with in this beautifully photographed book. Thanks, Sherry, for your gorgeous art. When's your next book coming out?