A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO PLEASURE IN COLLABORATION WITH SOTHEBY’S
The second edition of A Woman’s Right To Pleasure, published by blackbook presents and sotheby’s featuring over 200 works and original texts from over 75 of the world's most important and well-recognized WOMXN artists, writers and creative thinkers from around the globe.
“If we could truly depict women's desire, we might come to understand how it secretly rules the world.” ― Erica Jong, A Woman's Right To Pleasure
Iconic and never-before-published works by Georgia O'Keeffe, Louise Bourgeois, Judy Chicago, Tracey Emin, Jenny Holzer, Marlene Dumas and Alice Neel run alongside original essays by New York Times best selling authors Erica Jong and Roxane Gay, and contributions from photographers like Cindy Sherman, Carrie Mae Weems, Marilyn Minter and Nan Goldin, as well as by emerging talent such as Mickalene Thomas, Martine Gutierrez and Harley Weir in this groundbreaking art book that sees the most critical female voices of the last century explore the idea of pleasure ― and empowerment ― in all its forms.
Artwork by: Nina Chanel Abney, Marina Abramovic, Ghada Amer, Judith Bernstein, Renate Bertlmann, Cass Bird, Louise Bourgeois, Cecily Brown, Arvida Bystrom, Amanda Charchian, Judy Chicago, Maisie Cousins, Renee Cox, Vaginal Davis, Tamara De Lempicka, Annique Delphine, Suzy Kellems Dominik, Marlene Dumas, Tracey Emin, Leonor Fini, Monica Kim Garza, Nan Goldin, Martine Gutierrez, Andrea Hasler, Jenny Holzer, Elizabeth Ilsley, Natalie Krim, Friedl Kubelka, Dani Lessnau, Natalia LL, Sarah Lucas, Sally Mann, Lena Marquise, Andrea Mary Marshall, Marilyn Minter, Sophia Narrett, Alice Neel, Reka Nyari, Georgia O'Keeffe, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Meret Oppenheim, Signe Pierce, Alexandra Rubinstein, Faith Ringgold, Jenny Saville, Carolee Schneemann, Tschabalala Self, Joan Semmel, Cindy Sherman, Sonia Sieff, Penny Slinger, Mairi-Luise Tabbakh, Mickalene Thomas, Betty Tompkins, Ellen Von Unwerth, Sophia Wallace, Carrie Mae Weems, Harley Weir and Luo Yang, with an exclusive coloring book by RIP Bambi.
Quotes by: Simone de Beauvoir, Eve Ensler, Betty Friedan, Audre Lorde, Anais Nin and Naomi Wolf.
"Mystical, delicate, ethereal; bold, brash, satisfied; abstract, symbolic, organic; seductive, whimsical, dangerous; empowering, funny, unsettling; intergenerational, inclusive, intimate; erotic, personal and political — featuring work by pioneering women artists from art history and today, A Woman’s Right To Pleasure offers a radical perspective on what it’s like to be female." —LA Weekly
“A playful and provocative look at female sexuality”—WALLPAPER
“A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO PLEASURE IS AN EXPLOSIVE AND TITILATING COFFEE TABLE BOOK PACKED WITH STIMULATING ILLUSTRATION, COLLAGE, PHOTOGRAPHY AND ESSAYS — CREATED BY DIVERSE VOICES AND GUARANTEED TO GET YOU HOT UNDER THE COLLAR.“ —THE FACE
“A WOMAN’S RIGHT TO PLEASURE HAS THE POTENTIAL TO EXPAND AUDIENCE’S UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT FEMALE DESIRE, PLEASURE, AND BEAUTY COULD LOOK LIKE FOR THEMSELVES AND THE WOMEN IN THEIR LIVES.” —ARTSY
