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Marlene Dumas

b. 1953, Cape Town, South Africa · South African, based Netherlands · Based in Amsterdam, Netherlands

  • Ateliers '63, Haarlem (1977)
  • BA, Fine Arts, University of Cape Town (1975)
  • Painting
  • Ink and Watercolor on Paper
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Marlene Dumas paints from photographs drawn from newspapers, film, pornography, family archives and art history. Her thin, fluid handling of paint creates faces and bodies that feel emotionally exposed while remaining mediated through preexisting images.

Painting; drawing

Gallery Representation

Artist Films

Major Works

  • 1994The Painter
  • 1995Magdalena (Newman’s Zip)
  • 1995The Visitor
  • 1994–2014Rejects
  • 2008Dead Marilyn
  • 1993The Image as Burden
  • 1991–92Black Drawings
  • 1994Models
  • 2002–03Young Men
  • 2014Great Men

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