Publisher's Synopsis
With her monumental, epic paintings--including the cycles Event (2008), Half After (2009), The Thingly Character (2010) and Stage Disasters (2012)--Helen Verhoeven's work appears to examine the collective memory of ceremonial gatherings. She paints a burlesque world, reminiscent of the Weimar period, without social norms and in which taboos are explored. This is the first monograph on her work.
