Girls - by Elisa Wyngaert & Claire Marie Healy & Wim Mertens & Alex Quincho (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

This catalog explores girlhood and the beautiful, complex and emotional journey of growing up, featuring work by artists such as Roni Horn, Robert Gober, Meret Oppenheim, Iris Häussler, Louise Bourgeois, Nathanaëlle Herbelin, Alice Neel, Maya Man, Polina Osipova.

This catalog explores girlhood and the beautiful, complex and emotional journey of growing up. It examines various societal, social, and sartorial expectations and realities that shape the teenage years. GIRLS is an interdisciplinary project, bringing together visual artists, fashion designers, stylists and filmmakers. The book and the accompanying exhibition in MoMu Antwerp is created in conversation with teenagers and is inclusive of LGBTQI+ youth. GIRLS features work by artists such as Roni Horn, Robert Gober, Meret Oppenheim, Iris Häussler, Louise Bourgeois, Nathanaëlle Herbelin, Alice Neel, Maya Man, Polina Osipova...

Review Quotes

"....features a broad collection of works by various artists (from Louise Bourgeois, to Chopova Lowena, to Meret Oppenheim, Harley Weir, Tina Barney, and many more) investigating the world of girls, challenging the rigid conception that Western art has long imposed on them...."-- "Exhibition review, Vogue"

"...frames girlhood as both archetype and subversion....brilliant..."--Sofia De La Cruz "Exhibition review, Wallpaper Magazine"

"...reclaims the word from nullifying cliché, framing adolescence not just as a catalogue of struggles, but as a crucible of strength, self-invention and agency....Girls offers a reminder to all of us - even as grown women - of the importance of reaching inward to touch again the wonder and intensity of girlhood."--Madeleine Rothery "Exhibition review, AnOther Magazine"

About the Author

With text contributions by, among others, Elisa De Wyngaert (curator of MoMu Antwerp), Claire Marie Healy, Wim Mertens (conservator of MoMu Antwerp) and Alex Quincho. Interviews with Jenny Fax, Chopova Lowena, Nancy Steiner (costume designer for Sofia Coppola films), Miuccia Prada (tbc), Lotta Volkova (stylist for Miu Miu), etc.