{"product_id":"women-holding-things-maira-kalman","title":"Women Holding Things (Maira Kalman)","description":"\u003cdiv\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\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaira Kalman\u003c\/b\u003e illustrated William Strunk Jr's classic \u003ci\u003eThe Elements of Style\u003c\/i\u003e and is the author of \u003ci\u003eMy Favorite Things, Principles of Uncertainty, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAnd the Pursuit of Happiness\u003c\/i\u003e. She is also the author\/illustrator of numerous children's books, and her artwork has graced a dozen covers of \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. Her watches, clocks, accessories, and paperweights have been featured at the Museum of Modern Art store. She lives in New York City. Learn more at mairakalman.com\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Kalman\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist, editor, designer, publisher, and curator, He is the founder of Mmuseumm and owner of What Studio? 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