Background
Peyton, Elizabeth Joy was born on December 20, 1965 in Danbury, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Paul Leason and Elizabeth Ann (Gordon).
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First edition, first printing. Hardcover. Quarter-bound with photographically illustrated paper-covered spine, with title printed in raised letters on front board; no dust jacket as issued. Paintings by Elizabeth Peyton. Text by David Rimanelli and Meicost Ettal. Includes a list of plates, exhibition history and bibliography. Designed by Hideki Nakajima. 112 pp., with 76 four-color plates and additional illustrations. 8-3/4 x 6-1/2 inches.
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New York-based painter Elizabeth Peyton was at the vanguard of the 1990s return to figuration; she first gained critical attention with small-scale portraits that operated simultaneously as homage and pop culture snapshot, portraying musicians such as Kurt Cobain, Liam Gallagher and Jarvis Cocker. In Reading & Writing, a carefully chosen group of 24 paintings, drawings and prints from 1991 to 2009 reflects the profound influence of literature and poetry on Peyton's work. The book begins with her selection of writings by the Goncourt brothers, Honoré de Balzac, Oscar Wilde, Gustave Flaubert and Stendhal. Additional choices reference other subjects that have appeared in her paintings and works on paper such as Madame Bovary, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon and François Truffaut. Also included are poems and songs by Shakespeare and Jay-Z.
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Peyton, Elizabeth Joy was born on December 20, 1965 in Danbury, Connecticut, United States. Daughter of Paul Leason and Elizabeth Ann (Gordon).
Bachelor, School Visual Arts, New York City, 1987.
Peyton's subject is the portrait—both historical personages and contemporary cultural icons feature in her paintings.
In 1996, she began to portray close friends, artists, writers, musicians, and DJs from New York, London, and Berlin. What mattered to the artist was "how influential some people are in others' lives. So it doesn't matter who they are or how famous they are but rather how beautiful is the way they live their lives and how inspiring they are for other people."
In addition to Marie Antoinette, Napoleon, and Ludwig II of Bavaria, figures that caught the painter's attention include Frida Kahlo, Leonardo DiCaprio, Pete Doherty, and Oscar Wilde.
She produces her generally small-format oil paintings, watercolors, and drawings from her own photos, pictures from magazines, CD covers, and video stills, or after reading and interpreting biographies and novels. Far from simply reproducing what she sees and reads or lauding celebrities, Peyton attempts to pierce the impersonal element of her subjects and get close to the person.
Peyton at first exhibited in unconventional places such as hotels or private sitting rooms, but today her work is widely known. In 2004, the artist began to paint from life in her Manhattan studio.
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Swimming, surfing the internet.
Married Rirkrit Tiravanija, July 21, 1991.