Frances Connelly examines how the concept of the grotesque has influenced thehistory practice and theory of art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.The gr... » 

Frances Connelly examines how the concept of the grotesque has influenced thehistory practice and theory of art in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.The grotesque has been adopted by a succession of artists as a way to pushbeyond established boundaries explore alternate modes of experience andexpression and challenge the status quo. Examining specific images by a rangeof artists such as Ingres Gauguin H ch de Kooning Polke and Mona Hatoumthese essays encompass a variety of mediaincluding medical illustrationpaintings prints photography multimedia installations and film. «