Vanessa Baird er direkte, ærlig og uredd, med et infamt skråblikk på seg selv og samtiden. Boken Go Down with Me, som følger utstillingen med samme tittel, er rikt illustrert med verk fra hele karrieren – fra 1990-tallsmaleriene som vrenger den mannlige kunstnermyten til den enorme nye vegginstallasjonen med krigsmotiv, laget spesielt for MUNCH. Boken inneholder også tankevekkende essays av utstillingskurator Kari J. Brandtzæg, Trude Schjelderup Iversen, Jon Refsdal Moe og Vegard Vinge. De belyser ulike sider av dette ubehagelig konfronterende, men også iøynefallende vakre kunstnerskapet. Samlet peker de på Vanessa Bairds særegne evne til å trykke der det gjør mest vondt.
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Vanessa is gone - killed in a terrorist attack in Paris - and her father, Paul Greene, can't cope. He packs up his life in Australia and moves to France to feel closer to her. Eventually he settles in the south, but his life soon becomes nothing more than one long, drunk afternoon by the sea.Then a surprise email from a close friend of his daughter's changes everything, and when he meets her at Toulon Train Station he is immediately enchanted by her beauty.With plans to restore a villa over the summer, Villa Vanessa, in the memory of his daughter, the pair grow close.But when they get too close, things can only fall apart.Villa Vanessa is a tale of loss, betrayal and lust set against the sunny south of France.
An epic story of eros, "Dale & Vanessa" is about a young journalism grad student who falls in love with a girl of eighteen. They meet at an ornate movie theatre and have a summer of love before Vanessa has to leave town to attend her elite college. In spite of practical problems, Dale and Vanessa remain lovers. When Dale takes a job at a metro newspaper in the Southwest their romance faces yet another obstacle. Will the two lovers stay together in spite of being apart so often? Will Dale succeed as a newspaperman in the competitive world of journalism? Will Vanessa's dream of becoming an actress complicate their future? These questions and others are explored in this romantic, comic, and poignant novel.
Middle graders will laugh and cry with thirteen-year-old Vanessa Martin as she tries to be like Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss America. In this semi-autobiographical debut novel set in 1983, Vanessa Martin's real-life reality of living with family in public housing in Newark, New Jersey is a far cry from the glamorous Miss America stage. She struggles with a mother she barely remembers, a grandfather dealing with addiction and her own battle with self-confidence. But when a new teacher at school coordinates a beauty pageant and convinces Vanessa to enter, Vanessa's view of her own world begins to change. Vanessa discovers that her own self-worth is more than the scores of her talent performance and her interview answers, and that she doesn't need a crown to be comfortable in her own skin and see her own true beauty. "It's such an honor to be the focal point of this wonderful book Without a doubt, it will be inspiring to a new generation of young, talented girls well on their way to promising careers." --Vanessa Williams, Multi-Platinum Recording Artist, New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fashion Designer and star of Television, Film and the Broadway Stage "Like Vanessa has it all and then some Gritty, poetic, emotionally true, Tami Charles wrings out every hope, every stumble and every triumph of a girl on an uneasy road to possessing her self, her strength and her own beauty. An unforgettable debut." --Rita Williams-Garcia, author of One Crazy Summer and P.S. Be Eleven ♦ "This debut is a treasure: a gift to every middle school girl who ever felt unpretty, unloved, and trapped by her circumstances."-- Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW ♦ "Charles evades the clich s and imbues Vanessa with an inner life that's so real and personal it's hard to deny the charm, heartbreak, and triumph of her story. . . . Superb."-- Booklist STARRED REVIEW ♦ "Like Vanessa is an emotionally potent, engaging young adult story with a heroine whom it is impossible not to root for. The life lessons that Nessy learns are relevant and worthwhile for everyone."-- Foreword Reviews STARRED REVIEW
Middle graders will laugh and cry with thirteen-year-old Vanessa Martin as she tries to be like Vanessa Williams, the first black Miss America. In this semi-autobiographical debut novel set in 1983, Vanessa Martin's real-life reality of living with family in public housing in Newark, New Jersey is a far cry from the glamorous Miss America stage. She struggles with a mother she barely remembers, a grandfather dealing with addiction and her own battle with self-confidence. But when a new teacher at school coordinates a beauty pageant and convinces Vanessa to enter, Vanessa's view of her own world begins to change. Vanessa discovers that her own self-worth is more than the scores of her talent performance and her interview answers, and that she doesn't need a crown to be comfortable in her own skin and see her own true beauty. "It's such an honor to be the focal point of this wonderful book Without a doubt, it will be inspiring to a new generation of young, talented girls well on their way to promising careers." --Vanessa Williams, Multi-Platinum Recording Artist, New York Times Best-Selling Author, Fashion Designer and star of Television, Film and the Broadway Stage "Like Vanessa has it all and then some Gritty, poetic, emotionally true, Tami Charles wrings out every hope, every stumble and every triumph of a girl on an uneasy road to possessing her self, her strength and her own beauty. An unforgettable debut." --Rita Williams-Garcia, author of One Crazy Summer and P.S. Be Eleven ♦ "This debut is a treasure: a gift to every middle school girl who ever felt unpretty, unloved, and trapped by her circumstances."-- Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW ♦ "Charles evades the clich s and imbues Vanessa with an inner life that's so real and personal it's hard to deny the charm, heartbreak, and triumph of her story. . . . Superb."-- Booklist STARRED REVIEW ♦ "Like Vanessa is an emotionally potent, engaging young adult story with a heroine whom it is impossible not to root for. The life lessons that Nessy learns are relevant and worthwhile for everyone."-- Foreword Reviews STARRED REVIEW
