{"product_id":"women-holding-things","title":"Women Holding Things","description":"\n\u003ctable align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"productDetailSmallElements\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The prospect of reading and looking at Kalman's work gets my heart moving like a squirmy animal. This is not a hyperbole. The excitement, I think, is in how she is able to locate the elusive sweet spot of poignant and funny, along with the often-dark complexities behind these emotions. I feel like I will learn something new about people, myself.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"The mega-talented writer and artist Maira Kalman presents, in radiant color, \u003cem\u003eWomen Holding Things\u003c\/em\u003e. Kalman's brief texts are thoughtful, autobiographical, powerful. This life-affirming book shines a light on women's lives and how we all hold our humanity.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSandee Brawarsky, Hadassah Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"I love Maira Kalman. I love her painting, I love her perspective, I love her handwriting, and I love her books, which somehow contain all of those things and so much more. Maira is a gift to the world, and her gifts should also be your gifts. They will certainly be my gifts.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmma Straub, Bookstore Owner and Author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Kalman's images encompass both everyday pleasures and incomprehensible loss, always affirming art's sustaining grace.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRoberta Smith, co-chief art critic of the New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"When [Maira] Kalman looked at her archives, she noticed that she had a large collection of photographs of women holding things. [...] The project that germinated [...] \"Women Holding Things,\" gathers dozens of new images and some previously unpublished ones.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"In \u003cem\u003eWomen Holding Things, \u003c\/em\u003eartist Kalman--an uncommon philosopher of the quietly magnificent in the mundane--celebrates all the things we hold. [...] The tender, infinitely expressive paintings are captioned with spare words that lend each vignette an extra air of human fragility and resilience.\" - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaria Popova, The Marginalian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher Marketing\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the critically acclaimed artist, designer, and author of the bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Principles of Uncertainty\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMy Favorite Things\u003c\/i\u003e comes a wondrous collection of words and paintings that is a moving art book and meditation on the beauty and complexity of women's lives and roles, revealed in the things they hold.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"What do women hold? The home and the family. And the children and the food. The friendships. The work. The work of the world. And the work of being human. The memories. And the troubles. And the sorrows and the triumphs. And the love.\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn the spring of 2021, Maira and Alex Kalman created a small, limited-edition booklet \"Women Holding Things,\" which featured select recent paintings by Maira, accompanied by her insightful and deeply personal commentary. The booklet quickly sold out. Now, the Kalmans have expanded that original publication into this extraordinary visual compendium and coffee table book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen Holding Things\u003c\/i\u003e includes the bright, bold images featured in the booklet as well as an additional sixty-seven new paintings highlighted by thoughtful and intimate anecdotes, recollections, and ruminations. Most are portraits of women, both ordinary and famous, including Virginia Woolf, Sally Hemings, Hortense Cezanne, Gertrude Stein, as well as Kalman's family members and other real-life people. These women hold a range of objects, from the mundane--balloons, a cup, a whisk, a chicken, a hat--to the abstract--dreams and disappointments, sorrow and regret, joy and love.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKalman considers the many things that fit physically and metaphorically between women's hands: We see a woman hold a book, hold shears, hold children, hold a grudge, hold up, hold her own. In visually telling their stories, Kalman lays bare the essence of women's lives--their tenacity, courage, vulnerability, hope, and pain. Ultimately, she reveals that many of the things we hold dear--as well as those that burden or haunt us--remain constant and connect us from generation to generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere, too, are pictures of a few men holding things, such as Rainer Maria Rilke and Anton Chekhov, as well as objects holding other objects that invite us to ponder their intimate relationships to one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWomen Holding Things\u003c\/i\u003e, a stunning illustrated book, explores the significance of the objects we carry--in our hands, hearts, and minds--and speaks to, and for, all of us. Maira Kalman's unique work is a celebration of life, of the act and the art of living, offering an original way of examining and understanding all that is important in our world--and ultimately within ourselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis beautiful volume explores the profound in the everyday: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eArtistic Meditation: \u003c\/b\u003e A moving exploration of women's lives, revealed through the mundane and meaningful things they carry.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIllustrated Portraits: \u003c\/b\u003e Features dozens of new, bright, bold paintings of both ordinary women and famous figures like Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eInsightful Commentary: \u003c\/b\u003e Each image is accompanied by Kalman's intimate anecdotes and ruminations on memory, joy, sorrow, and love.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Perfect Gift: \u003c\/b\u003e A thoughtful book for mothers, daughters, sisters, and friends that celebrates the tenacity, courage, and vulnerability that connects generations.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"italic\"\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/span\u003e 10\/21\/2022 (EAN 9780062846679, Hardcover)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eKalman, Maira\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMaira Kalman\u003c\/strong\u003e illustrated William Strunk Jr's classic \u003cem\u003eThe Elements of Style\u003c\/em\u003e and is the author of \u003cem\u003eMy Favorite Things, Principles of Uncertainty, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAnd the Pursuit of Happiness\u003c\/em\u003e. She is also the author\/illustrator of numerous children's books, and her artwork has graced a dozen covers of \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e. Her watches, clocks, accessories, and paperweights have been featured at the Museum of Modern Art store. She lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlex Kalman\u003c\/strong\u003e is an artist, editor, designer, publisher, and curator, He is the founder of Mmuseumm and owner of What Studio? 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