Research Catalog

Title

Interwoven / Kyle Meyer ; editing, Chelsea Weathers.

Author

Meyer, Kyle, 1985-

Publication

• Santa Fe, NM : Radius Books ; New York, NY : Yossi Milo, [2020]
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• Weathers, Chelsea
• Campbell, Andy, 1982-

Description

219 pages : color illustrations; 35 x 28 cm

Summary

"Swazi craft meets digital photography in Kyle Meyer's astounding woven photos of a silenced LGBTQ community. Kyle Meyer (born 1985) has worked between eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) and New York City since 2009, creating richly tactile artworks as conceptually complex as they are visually lush. In this debut monograph, Meyer's portraits from his Interwoven series fuse digital photography with traditional Swazi crafts, giving voice to silenced members of the LGBTQ community. Tension between the necessity of the individuals to hide their queerness for basic survival and their desire to express themselves openly inform both the subject and the means of fabricating Meyer's unique works. Each piece from the Interwoven series is labor-intensive, taking days or sometimes weeks to complete. Meyer often photographs his subjects wearing a traditional headwrap made from a vibrantly colored textile. He then produces a print of the portrait and shreds it, together with the fabric from the headwrap, weaving the strips into patterned three-dimensional works. The final portrait presents each person's individuality while using the fabric as a screen to protect their identity. Included in each copy of this book is a unique piece of fabric torn from the remnants of the Interwoven project, intended to serve as a bookmark."--www.bookdepository.com.

Subject

• Meyer, Kyle, 1985-
• Portrait photography > Eswatini
• Gay men > Eswatini > Portraits
• Fabric pictures > Eswatini
• Art, Swazi > 21st century
• Weaving in art > 21st century
• Fabric pictures
• Gay men
• Portrait photography
• Eswatini

Genre/Form

Portraits.

Note

• Includes Interview / Kyle Meyer & Andy Campbell.

Call Number

Sc+ G 21-45

ISBN

• 1942185685
• 9781942185680

OCLC

1132284206

Author

Meyer, Kyle, 1985- photographer, artist, interviewee.

Title

Interwoven / Kyle Meyer ; editing, Chelsea Weathers.

Publisher

Santa Fe, NM : Radius Books ; New York, NY : Yossi Milo, [2020]

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

still image

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Local Note

Schomburg copy with dust jacket.

DIST. BY D.A.P. CO-PUB. W/ YOSSI MILO. COLLABORATIONS WITH GAY SWAZI MEN. COLOR ILLUS. 11" X 13.5".

Added Author

Weathers, Chelsea, editor.

Campbell, Andy, 1982- interviewer.

Research Call Number

Sc+ G 21-45