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Tara McPherson

    An artist based in New York City, her work explores people and their peculiar ways. Her characters seem to radiate an idealized innocence, yet their eyes betray a hard-earned wisdom. Drawing from childhood memories and life experiences, she crafts images that are both thought-provoking and seductive. The central theme weaving through her art is people and their complex relationships.

    Bridget Jones's diary
    Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson
    • Bridget Jones's diary

      • 310 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Bridget Jones's Diary was first published in 1996 and applauded by critics from Salman Rushdie to Jilly Cooper. A number one best-seller, Helen Fielding's book has sold over fifteen million copies worldwide and has been turned into an Academy Award-nominated film starring Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth and Hugh Grant. Bridget Jones's Diary is followed by Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason and Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy. Bridget Jones is everyone's favourite spinster. In Bridget Jones's Diary she documents her struggles through the social minefield of her 30s and tries to weigh up the eternal question: Daniel Cleaver of Mark Darcy? She is supported through the whole process by four indispensable friends, Shazzer, Jude, Tom and a bottle of chardonnay. A dazzling urban satire of modern relationships? An ironic, tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something?

      Bridget Jones's diary2010
      3.8
    • Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson

      • 112 pages
      • 4 hours of reading

      The compelling paintings and posters of Tara McPherson are a tour-de-force of creative tension, at once heartfelt and heartbreaking. Creating art about people and their odd ways, recalling many issues from childhood and adult life experience, McPherson creates images that are thought-provoking and seductive. Tara's array of work includes numerous gig posters for rock bands, including Green Day, Modest Mouse and Death Cab for Cutie, and advertising and editorial illustrations for a diverse group of clients. Her prints and paintings have been exhibited in galleries all over the world. Lonely Heart is the first printed collection of McPherson's work.

      Lonely Heart: The Art of Tara McPherson2006
      4.2