Joyce Pensato: You Gotta Do What You Gotta Do by Pensato, Joyce - 2012

Chicago: Corbett vs. Dempsey, 2012. First Printing Edition of 1000. Wraps. Fine. 37 pages : virtually all color illustrations ; 23 cm. Softcover. Perfectbound photo illustrated wraps with nifty die cut lettering to lower panel. Book Condition: Fine. Bright and free of even mild wear. A sharp copy. Very scarce to the trade, as usual for exhibition catalogs featuring this artist's work. Exhibition catalog produced on the occassion of the exhibition: Joyce Pensato: "You gotta do what you gotta do" October 26- November 24, 2012. From the publisher: "Working largely in black and white, and often with signature images drawn from comics and popular culture, Pensato is an exuberant expressionist painter. A native Brooklynite, she has lived and worked in the borough for her entire career. Over the last ten years Pensato has slowly but surely garnered an international reputation for her darkly provocative and often poignant paintings. In this exhibition Corbett vs. Dempsey will present a group of brand new paintings, including images of Groucho Marx and South Park Kenny, as well as a startling new batch of painting collages, a new facet of her oeuvre. These bold and explosive works often begin as splatters from her canvases, migrating onto other surfaces in her studio, which are grafted together into photographic assemblages featuring the likes of Muhammad Ali, Marlon Brando, and Al Pacino. Additionally, specially concocted for Corbett vs. Dempsey, Pensato will install selected elements and splattered sculpture from her studio.