Marilyn Minter Author:Johanna Burton, Marilyn Minter This first major book to focus on the highly respected and influential contemporary artist Marilyn Minter features work from every period of her career, spanning nearly 40 years. Minter's perennially-expanding reputation was already well established by the 1980s, secured by work that engaged formal aspects of painting with the unexpected subject... more » matter that remains central to her practice. Today her paintings--and, increasingly, her photography, which also exposes the ultimate failure of fashion and glamour to hide either our flaws or the dirty underside of human beauty--are recognized as significant influences on several generations of artists, including many emerging stars. One of her glittery color images recently appeared at the 2006 Whitney Biennial and on the cover of its catalogue, and more of them in a recent solo show at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. This comprehensive retrospective catalogue reproduces in full color nearly every painting Minter has made, along with a wide selection of her painterly photographs. It also includes the early, haunting Coral Ridge Towers series of black-and-white photos of the artist's mother. A major and substantial new text about Minter's work by noted art historian Johanna Burton is complemented by lively, informative and insightful interviews, a rare opportunity to hear Minter in her own words. A lengthy conversation with painter Mary Heilmann is augmented by "20 Questions for Marilyn Minter," which were assembled by Matthew Higgs from those posed by a wide range of artists, curators and friends.« less