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Henry Taylor : the only portrait I ever painted of my momma was stolen

Title: Henry Taylor : the only portrait I ever painted of my momma was stolen / with contributions by Zadie Smith, Sarah Lewis, Charles Gaines & Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah.
Author: Taylor, Henry, 1958-
Publication: New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa ; Los Angeles, CA : Blum & Poe, 2018.

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Description

320 pages : color illustrations, portraits; 32 cm

Summary

"Legendary artist Henry Taylor's first major monograph chronicles his life and work--the "visual equivalent of the blues." This definitive survey of over 200 of the painter's portraits and street scenes forms a personal and political portrait of society today. For three decades the iconic artist has worked his way through New York, Los Angeles, Europe, and Africa, documenting what he sees. In his circle are artists, musicians, writers, performers, as well as friends from his ten years as a psychiatric technician. It is the artist's empathetic eye that allows him to imagine his figures with authenticity and grace--not better than they are, or more glamorous--but part of a big, complicated world. Flat, brushy flows of color cast figures that often float in surreal landscapes abstracted from the barbeque in the park, or neighboring street. Suites of Taylor's paintings are reproduced alongside handwritten accounts of the sittings, offering an in-depth understanding of the artist's world. Contributions by Charles Gaines, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Sarah Lewis, and Zadie Smith touch on the nature of truth, racial terror; memory and belonging in America. This definitive monograph celebrates Taylor's direct and revealing portraits, offering a tonic to a divisive cultural moment." -- Publisher's description

Alternative Title

Only portrait I ever painted of my momma was stolen

Subjects

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-308) and index.

Contents

Promiscuous painting: Henry Taylor all over the damn place / Zadie Smith -- Henry Taylor: the impossible present / Sarah Lewis -- An interview with Henry Taylor / Charles Gaines -- Henry Taylor's wild heart can't be broken / Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah.

Call Number

Sc+ G 19-3

ISBN

0847863107
9780847863105

LCCN

2018939284

OCLC

1029233395

Author

Taylor, Henry, 1958- artist.

Title

Henry Taylor : the only portrait I ever painted of my momma was stolen / with contributions by Zadie Smith, Sarah Lewis, Charles Gaines & Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah.

Publisher

New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa ; Los Angeles, CA : Blum & Poe, 2018.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-308) and index.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Smith, Zadie, contributor.

Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth, 1979- contributor.

Gaines, Charles, 1944- contributor, interviewer.

Ghansah, Rachel Kaadzi, 1981- contributor.

Research Call Number

Sc+ G 19-3

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