This highly anticipated monograph illustrates the development of Brown's unique voice. Originally influenced by Abstract Expressionism, her work investigates the sensual qualities of oil paint through a process inspired both by abstraction and realism. Through a range of reference to old master paintings and popular culture, Brown's symbolic language, exuberant brushwork, rich palette, intense energy, and embrace of the erotic have boldly redefined some of painting's historical canons.
The publication features new texts by Courtney J. Martin, Director of the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven; Jason Rosenfeld, Distinguished Chair and Professor of Art History at Marymount College, New York and Francine Prose, novelist and critic based in New York.