Hollis Sigler's Breast Cancer Journal - Softcover

Sigler, Hollis; Love, Susan M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1555951767 ISBN 13: 9781555951764

Publisher: Hudson Hills, 1999

Synopsis

Hollis Sigler, a leading feminist artist, was diagnosed in 1985 with breast cancer. After it reacurred, she began a pictorial journal, now encompassing more than 100 works.

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Artist Sigler began this series of paintings in 1992 after her second bout with breast cancer. Sigler has now had a second recurrence, but she continues to work and to see cancer as a positive force, making each day something to look forward to and acknowledging that giving up control over something that is beyond one's control is liberating. The brightly colored, symbolic pieces feature recurring themes of loss (leafless/limbless trees), a heightened sense of personal awareness (a vanity table), and the death of her mother in 1995, also from breast cancer (a dress). Sigler often includes text in the form of statistics, journal entries, or inspirational texts (e.g., from Audre Lorde's The Cancer Journals) written on the frames and mats of her paintings; these are clearly printed here for easier reading below the fine reproductions. The introduction by art critic and author Yood establishes Sigler's progression in the art world. And breast cancer advocate Susan Love's foreword acknowledges the grace and ultimate value of these works in a world where a cancer cure is not yet near enough. Those interested in cancer matters will find Sigler's texts as enlightening as they are alarming; the book will move those affected by breast cancer as well as those attracted by the art. Recommended for all libraries.ABette-Lee Fox, "Library Journal"
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Hudson Hills
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1555951767
• ISBN 13: 9781555951764
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 96