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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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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Jenny Saville givenName Jenny
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