British · 1970 – present
Jenny Saville
Figurative paintingYBA
Saville paints monumental flesh — bodies seen close, heavy and alive — renewing the grand tradition of figure painting for the present.
Best-known works
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Where to see the work
- —Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art
- —Norton Museum, Florida
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