Jenny

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Jenny Saville is a contemporary British painter renowned for her large-scale, unflinching depictions of the human body that challenge conventional ideals of beauty.

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Jenny canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British artist ⓘ
contemporary artist ⓘ
human ⓘ
painter ⓘ
artisticFocus distortion of the body ⓘ
female body ⓘ
medical imagery ⓘ
obesity and excess flesh ⓘ
plastic surgery ⓘ
associatedWith Charles Saatchi ⓘ
birthCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
birthDate 1970-05-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Cambridge, England ⓘ
birthYear 1970 ⓘ
careerEvent was commissioned by Charles Saatchi early in her career ⓘ
educatedAt Glasgow School of Art ⓘ
education Glasgow School of Art ⓘ
exhibitedAt Gagosian Gallery ⓘ
Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rome ⓘ
Royal Academy of Arts, London ⓘ
Saatchi Gallery ⓘ
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art ⓘ
familyName Saville ⓘ
field painting ⓘ
genre figurative art ⓘ
givenName Jenny ⓘ
graduationYear 1992 ⓘ
influencedBy Francis Bacon ⓘ
Lucian Freud ⓘ
Peter Paul Rubens ⓘ
Titian ⓘ
knownFor challenging conventional ideals of beauty ⓘ
large-scale paintings of the human body ⓘ
unflinching depictions of flesh ⓘ
movement Young British Artists ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
name Jenny Saville ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
notableWork Branded ⓘ
Closed Contact ⓘ
Fulcrum ⓘ
Plan ⓘ
Propped ⓘ
Reverse ⓘ
style close-up cropped compositions ⓘ
monumental scale ⓘ
realist yet distorted figuration ⓘ
thick impasto paint ⓘ
theme beauty standards ⓘ
corporeality ⓘ
gender ⓘ
identity ⓘ
vulnerability of the body ⓘ

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