{"product_id":"burning-in-the-eyes-of-the-maker-celeste-dupuy-spencer-hardcover","title":"Burning in the Eyes of the Maker: Celeste Dupuy-Spencer - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCeleste Dupuy-Spencer\u003c\/b\u003e (Artist), \u003cb\u003eNina Maclaughlin\u003c\/b\u003e (Text by (Art\/Photo Books))\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis powerful collection of Celeste Dupuy-Spencer's electrifying paintings, paired with lyrical, incisive text by Nina MacLaughlin, captures the current American moment in all its chaos, contradiction, and complexity\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Taken together, Celeste's paintings become essay, epic, and hymn...She drops herself into the American mythology and the multiple, fractured, contradictory feelings and beliefs and events that define it. She shows us what's here.' - Nina MacLaughlin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith an unflinching eye and a painterly sensibility rooted in both the classical and the contemporary, acclaimed artist Celeste Dupuy-Spencer created tender yet charged portrayals of American life. Her arresting compositions grapple with memory, identity, politics, and faith through expressive brushwork and deeply personal scenes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBurning in the Eyes of the Maker\u003c\/i\u003e is Dupuy-Spencer's first full-length publication. Spanning the last decade of her career before her passing in 2026, this momentous volume pairs 63 beautifully reproduced paintings, including new and never-before-published artworks, with equally urgent, layered prose by acclaimed author Nina MacLaughlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking the paintings as a jumping-off point, MacLaughlin creates narrative impressions of the often riotous scenes depicted. She guides readers inside the thoughts of the figures on the canvas, through the histories of the rooms they occupy, and into Celeste's mind, past, and creative ethos. A plethora of luscious, full-page details bring the intricacies of these canvases to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEqual parts visual archive and literary meditation, \u003ci\u003eBurning in the Eyes of the Maker\u003c\/i\u003e is an emotionally resonant, uncompromising look at our contemporary moment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCeleste Dupuy Spencer \u003c\/b\u003e(1979-2026) was a Los Angeles-based American painter known for expressive, layered figurative works that interrogate power, religion, privilege, and community. A Bard alumna, her work--featured in the 2017 Whitney Biennial, Hammer Museum's Made in L.A. and major collections--blends intimacy and existential urgency.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNina MacLaughlin \u003c\/b\u003eis the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eWake Siren: Ovid Resung\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for a Lambda Literary Award and the Massachusetts Book Award; the acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eHammer Head: The Making of a Carpenter\u003c\/i\u003e, a finalist for the New England Book Award; as well as \u003ci\u003eSummer Solstice\u003c\/i\u003e and the bestselling \u003ci\u003eWinter Solstice\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Massachusetts Book Award. Formerly an editor at the Boston Phoenix, she worked for nine years as a carpenter, and then as a books columnist for the \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, and her column on New England Literary News continues in newsletter form. Her work has appeared in T\u003ci\u003ehe Virginia Quarterly Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAGNI\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Believer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Short Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMeatpaper\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 10.9 x 8.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47889249632509,"sku":"9781580937269","price":66.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/2j4CI1CDwC9781580937269.webp?v=1784905301","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/burning-in-the-eyes-of-the-maker-celeste-dupuy-spencer-hardcover","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}