Reviews

Women Holding Things by Maira Kalman

bkish's review

5.0

Beautiful and I love her art
Its a tribute to women and also to men who love women and who this woman loves

Judy

rachelnewlin's review

challenging emotional hopeful sad fast-paced

5.0

spiderfelt's review

emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5

I can't explain why I love Maira Kalman's art as much as I do. It is odd and imaginative, representational and whimsical. She gestures towards perspective in one picture, does a decent imitation of a famous painting and then pulls off a masterful version of a dirty tenement sink. The short bits of text interspersed between the paintings, combined with the particular paintings she chose to include in this collection say a lot about her world views and personal history. 

tamara_joy's review

challenging emotional inspiring reflective

5.0

This "picture book" is no lightweight - in few words, it communicates so much. It is illustrated in Kalman's Matisse-like naïve style; she uses colour in amazing ways.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Antisemitism

Minor: Death, Genocide, and Infidelity

enchiladaplate's review

emotional funny lighthearted sad fast-paced

5.0

anitairene's review

emotional inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

christynhoover's review

emotional inspiring lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.0

Quick read-- sparse text and interesting art to accompany it.

sofaschreib's review

emotional funny hopeful lighthearted reflective relaxing fast-paced

4.5

catpeerson's review

lighthearted reflective medium-paced

5.0

melissalouisereads's review

emotional hopeful inspiring reflective medium-paced

4.5