Rita Ackermann: Mama

Rita Ackermann's vibrant, large-scale 'Mama' paintings are brought to life in this generously illustrated publication, complemented by an exploration of Ackermann's evolution as an artist. Rita Ackermanns vibrant, large-scale Mama paintings layer drawings with applications and scrapings of impasto and oil stick, expressing complex histories and emotions. The immersive nature of the Mama suite is fully illustrated and expressed in this book, with a critical essay by Gianni Jetzer that explores and contextualizes Ritas evolution as an artist and the significance of the Mama works, complementing filmmaker Harmony Korines fake interview with Ackermann and a tribute to the artist by Scott Griffin. The importance of Ackermanns drawings in her painting practice is elucidated in a poem by the artist and seen in the books robust plate section, which features all of the Mama paintings made to date.