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Rock of eye : Troy Montes-Michie
- Title
- Rock of eye : Troy Montes-Michie / with an interview by Brent Hayes Edwards ; essays by Andrea Andersson and Tina Campt ; and an afterword by Cameron Shaw.
- Author
- Montes-Michie, Troy
- Publication
- Catskill, New York : Siglio ; [New Orleans] : Rivers Institute for Contemporary Art & Thought ; Los Angeles : California African American Museum, 2021.
- New York, NY : Available to the trade through D.A.P./Artbook, [2021]
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc F 22-159 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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- Description
- 107 pages : illustrations (some color); 30 x 22 cm
- Summary
- "To tailor a garment by "rock of eye" is to rely on the drape on experience over mathematical measurement in the fitting process. It is a kind of drawing in space--a freehand, an intuition, a trust of materials. Rock of Eye, published on the occasion of Troy Montes-Michie's (born 1985) solo exhibition at the California African American Museum, is a collection of the artist's collages, drawings, and found and woven images sourced from vintage erotic magazines, French tailoring magazines, found photographs, and other materials. These materials are familiar from Montes-Michie's recent large-scale paintings and collages that center on the Black male body and his series that traces the social history and form of the zoot suit. Troy Montes-Michie was born in El Paso and his practice reflects his experience growing up along the US/Mexico border. This book is a study in ambiguity between portraiture and landscape; his are the cuts and folds of patterning and mapping. In Rock of Eye, Montes-Michie's stitches suture histories and geographies; they establish thresholds for crossing; his needle hits rock."--Provided by distributor.
- Alternative Title
- Troy Montes-Michie : rock of eye
- Subject
- Montes-Michie, Troy > Exhibitions
- Montes-Michie, Troy > Interviews
- African American artists > Exhibitions
- Collage > Exhibitions
- Photomontage > Exhibitions
- African American men in art > Exhibitions
- Gay men in art > Exhibitions
- Male nude in art > Exhibitions
- Artists' books > Specimens
- African American men in art
- Artists' books
- Gay men in art
- Male nude in art
- Genre/Form
- Exhibition catalogs.
- Interviews.
- Photomontages.
- Specimens.
- Collages.
- Note
- Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Troy Montes-Michie: Rock of Eye" held February 16-September 4, 2022 at the California African-American Museum, Los Angeles.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- The alchemy of the border : Troy Montes-Michie in conversation with Brent Hayes Edwards -- Troy Montes-Michie : Fashion notes / Andrea Andersson -- Troy Montes-Michie: Visioning Black study / Tina Campt -- After words on new beginnings / Cameron Shaw.
- Call Number
- Sc F 22-159
- ISBN
- 193822132X
- 9781938221323
- OCLC
- 1256542499
- Author
- Montes-Michie, Troy, artist, interviewee.
- Title
- Rock of eye : Troy Montes-Michie / with an interview by Brent Hayes Edwards ; essays by Andrea Andersson and Tina Campt ; and an afterword by Cameron Shaw.
- Publisher
- Catskill, New York : Siglio ; [New Orleans] : Rivers Institute for Contemporary Art & Thought ; Los Angeles : California African American Museum, 2021.
- Distributor
- New York, NY : Available to the trade through D.A.P./Artbook, [2021]
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Added Author
- Edwards, Brent Hayes, interviewer.Andersson, Andrea, contributor.Campt, Tina, 1964- contributor.Shaw, Cameron, contributor.California African-American Museum, host institution.
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 22-159