Painting and Sculpture

Jenny Saville

Jennifer Anne Saville (born 7 May 1970) is an English figurative painter and an original member of the Young British Artists (YBAs). Saville lives and works in Oxford, England, and is noted for her large-scale nudes of unconventional female subjects. Some credit her with originating a new method of painting the female nude for contemporary art. Recurring figures depicted in her work range from mothers, children, transgender people, burn victims, and cosmetic surgery patients. Although her work subverts many beauty standards and is informed by contemporary feminist theory, she also often references art history in her paintings. As of 2018, she is regarded as the "Most Expensive Living Female Artist" after her work Propped (1992) sold at Sotheby’s for £9.5 million (~US$11.7 million).

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• ▸Indias de Oaxaca
• ▸LICIACube
• ▸Giorgio de Chirico

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