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| Ester Glass is a contemporary iconic figure, a celebrated
Brit-artist who famed and feted, and who brashly uses her very self as
her art. She reflects a culture obsessed with surface beauty and celebrity,
but everyone has depths that paint a different picture. Esther has secrets
and her secrets cause her conscience dilemmas, expecially when she's about
to undertake the biggest personal risk of her career, 'in the name of
art'. In an audacious stroke, puts herself up for sale by auction at Sotheby's
as a living masterpiece, to be owned by the highest bidder for a week.
Each day she will perform as one of seven iconic women, themselves the
subjects of great paintings from the past.
But Ester's past is catching up with her and is at odds with the world she has so actively embraced, even perpetuated. She faces a new, and harder, struggle to reconcile the value of her art with the fundamental values of her life. MASTERPIECE
is a beautifully written, fast-paced page-turner providing rare access
and insight into the workings of the contemporary art scene. |
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