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Henry Taylor : B side

Title
Henry Taylor : B side / edited by Bennett Simpson ; with contributions by Wanda Coleman, Karon Davis, Charles Gaines, Harmony Holiday, Bob Kaufman, Walter Price, Bennett Simpson, and Frances Stark, and a conversation between Henry Taylor and Hamza Walker.
Publication
  • Los Angeles, CA : The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ; New York, NY : DelMonico Books, D.A.P., 2022.
  • ©2022

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Additional Authors
  • Taylor, Henry, 1958-
  • Simpson, Bennett
  • Coleman, Wanda
  • Davis, Karon, 1977-
  • Gaines, Charles, 1944-
  • Holiday, Harmony, 1982-
  • Kaufman, Bob
  • Price, Walter, 1989-
  • Stark, Frances, 1967-
  • Walker, Hamza
  • Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), organizer, host institution.
  • Whitney Museum of American Art, host institution.
Description
237 pages, 3 unnumbered pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm
Summary
"Surveying 30 years of Henry Taylor's work in painting, sculpture and installation, this comprehensive monograph celebrates a Los Angeles artist widely appreciated for his unique aesthetic, social vision and freewheeling experimentation. Taylor's portraits and allegorical tableaux-populated by friends, family members, strangers on the street, athletic stars and entertainers-display flashes of familiarity in their seemingly brash compositions, which nonetheless linger in the imagination with uncanny detail. In his paintings on cigarette packs, cereal boxes and other found supports, Taylor brings his primary medium into the realm of common culture. Similarly, the artist's installations often recode the forms and symbolisms of found materials (bleach bottles, push brooms) to play upon art historical tropes and modernism's appropriations of African or African American culture. Taken together, the various strands of Taylor's practice display a deep observation of Black life in America at the turn of the century, while also inviting a humanist fellowship that pushes outward from the particular"--
Alternative Title
B side
Subject
  • Taylor, Henry, 1958- > Exhibitions
  • 1900-1999
  • African American artists > Exhibitions
  • African American painters > Exhibitions
  • Artists, Black > Exhibitions
  • Acrylic painting > Exhibitions
  • Portrait painting > Exhibitions
  • Painting, Modern > Exhibitions
  • Installations (Art) > Exhibitions
  • African Americans in art > Exhibitions
  • African American artists
  • African Americans in art
  • Artists, Black
  • Installations (Art)
  • Painters, Black
  • Painting, Modern
  • Portrait painting
  • African American painters
  • Acrylic painting
  • United States
Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Note
  • "This book is published on the occasion of the exhibition Henry Taylor: B Side, organized by Bennett Simpson, ... Exhibition itinerary, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, November 6, 2022-April 30, 2023, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, October 4, 2023-January 28, 2024"--Colophon.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Conversation with Henry Taylor / Hamza Walker -- Henry Taylor: B Side / Bennett Simpson -- Henry Taylor's Radical Aesthetics / Charles Gaines -- Exempt from Oblivion / Frances Stark -- Oh Henry! / Karon Davis -- She's Thinking about Romance / Harmony Holiday -- The Ancient Rain / Bob Kaufman -- Yr-neh / Walter Price -- L.A. Love Cry / Wanda Coleman.
Call Number
Sc+ F 23-71
ISBN
  • 9781636810560
  • 163681056X
LCCN
2022023610
OCLC
1334947400
Title
Henry Taylor : B side / edited by Bennett Simpson ; with contributions by Wanda Coleman, Karon Davis, Charles Gaines, Harmony Holiday, Bob Kaufman, Walter Price, Bennett Simpson, and Frances Stark, and a conversation between Henry Taylor and Hamza Walker.
Publisher
Los Angeles, CA : The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ; New York, NY : DelMonico Books, D.A.P., 2022.
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
still image
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Local Note
EXHIB: WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, 10/4/23-1/28/24. VARIOUS MEDIA. CO-PUB. W/ MOCA, L.A.
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Taylor, Henry, 1958- artist, interviewee.
Simpson, Bennett, editor, contributor, organizer.
Coleman, Wanda, contributor.
Davis, Karon, 1977- contributor.
Gaines, Charles, 1944- contributor.
Holiday, Harmony, 1982- contributor.
Kaufman, Bob, contributor.
Price, Walter, 1989- contributor.
Stark, Frances, 1967- contributor.
Walker, Hamza, interviewer.
Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), organizer, host institution.
Whitney Museum of American Art, host institution.
Research Call Number
Sc+ F 23-71
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