Since the 1990s, Nicole Eisenman (b. 1965) has carved out a place as a central figure in American painting, with a characteristic style that shifts between abstraction and figurative depictions of social environments. She makes use of art historical references, playfully reinvigorating elements from the Renaissance, Baroque and social realism, as well as German expressionism, linking these to the present in a highly astute and distinctive idiom. Accompanying the artist's largest solo exhibition in Europe to date, Giant Without A Body, published by Astrup Fearnley Museet, is a major exploration of Nicole Eisenman's artistic output since 2006. Including a number of artworks and sculptures presented at Astrup Fearnley Museet for the first time in 2021, this catalogue details the artist's characteristically colourful practice. From the intricate narratives based on personal experience, to wider commentary on societal issues and political frictions, Nicole Eisenman touches on issues of identity, sexuality, and politics through a lens of humour and resonant visual imagery to comment on the complexities of our modern realities.