The White Dress

Author/Contributor(s):	Léger, Nathalie ; Lehrer, Natasha
Publisher:	Dorothy a Publishing Project
Date:	09/15/2020
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

The third in Nathalie Léger's acclaimed genre-defying triptych of books about the struggles and obsessions of women artists.

 

The White Dress is the third in Nathalie Léger's award-winning triptych of books about women who "through their oeuvre, transform their lives into a mystery" ( ELLE). In Exposition, Léger wrote about the Countess of Castiglione, the most photographed woman of the nineteenth century; in Suite for Barbara Loden she took up the actress and filmmaker Barbara Loden; here, Léger grapples with the tragic 2008 death of Italian performance artist Pippa Bacca, who was raped and murdered while hiking from Italy to the Middle East in a wedding dress to promote world peace. A harrowing meditation on the risks women encounter, in life and in art, The White Dress also brings to a haunting conclusion Léger's personal interrogation--sustained across all three books--of her relationship with her mother and the desire for justice in our lives.