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Gio Swaby : fresh up.

Title
Gio Swaby : fresh up.
Publication
  • New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2022.
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Pill, Katherine
  • Watt, Melinda
  • Hannah-Jones, Nikole
  • Museum of Fine Arts (Saint Petersburg, Fla.), host institution.
  • Art Institute of Chicago, host institution.
  • Peabody Essex Museum, host institution.
Description
104 pages : color illustrations; 32 cm
Summary
This debut of the 29-year-old Bahamian-born artist aims to redefine the often-politicized black body, with portraits made in a range of textile-based techniques, such as embroidery and appliqué, celebrating strong black women. Gio Swaby's intimate portraits are unique, highly personal figurative works made from an array of colorful fabrics and intricate, freehand lines of thread on canvas that explore the intersections of blackness and womanhood. Illustrated with 80 works in full color that span from 2017 to 2021, this is the first book on this contemporary feminist artist who is a rising star in the world of textiles and portraiture. According to Swaby, "I wanted to create a space where we could see ourselves reflected in a moment of joy, celebrated without expectations, without connected stereotypes." Writers and scholars with multiple points of view take on Swaby's work and delve into her place within contemporary black art. Exhibition: Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, USA (28.05.-09.10.2022).
Alternative Title
Fresh up
Subject
  • Swaby, Gio, 1991- > Exhibitions
  • 2000-2099
  • Needlework > Exhibitions
  • Textile fabrics in art > Exhibitions
  • African American women artists > 21st century > Exhibitions
  • African American women artists
  • Needlework
  • Textile fabrics in art
  • United States
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "Gio Swaby: Fresh Up was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title held at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, from May 28 to October 9, 2022, the Art Institute of Chicago from April 8 to July 3, 2023, and the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, from August to November 2023."--Colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Nikole Hannah-Jones in conversation with Gio Swaby -- Coming into herself : portraits and relationships in the work of Gio Swaby / Katherine Pill -- A common thead : Gio Swaby and the art of quilting / Melinda Watt -- Series introductions. My hands are clean ; Going out clothes ; Love letter ; Another side to me ; Pretty pretty ; New growth ; Gyalavantin' / Gio Swaby.
Call Number
Sc G 24-10
ISBN
  • 0847871738
  • 9780847871735
LCCN
2021949796
OCLC
1262799020
Title
Gio Swaby : fresh up.
Publisher
New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa, 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Chronological Term
2000-2099
Local Subject
Black author.
Added Author
Pill, Katherine, contributor.
Watt, Melinda, contributor.
Hannah-Jones, Nikole, contributor.
Museum of Fine Arts (Saint Petersburg, Fla.), host institution.
Art Institute of Chicago, host institution.
Peabody Essex Museum, host institution.
Research Call Number
Sc G 24-10
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