Research Catalog

Title

Denyse Thomasos : just beyond / Renée van der Avoird, Sally Frater, Michelle Jacques, Adrienne Edwards, Denise Ryner, Marsha Pearce.

Publication

• Toronto : Art Gallery of Ontario, 2022.
• ©2022

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Details

Additional Authors

• Thomasos, Denyse, 1964-2012.
• Art Gallery of Ontario, host institution, publisher
• Remai Modern (Art museum), host institution

Description

175 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : color illustrations, color portraits; 27 cm

Summary

"Challenging the limits of abstraction, Trinidadian-born artist Denyse Thomasos (1964-2012) infuses personal and political content into the medium of painting. This is the first ever retrospective publication, dedicated to powerfully illustrating over 75 works from her indelible oeuvre: expansive paintings that address themes of movement, migration, and hybridized identities. Overlapping gridded lines, fluid drips of paint, and geometric objects in her canvases acknowledge the trajectory of minimalism and abstraction, while also embodying the artist's dedication to social justice themes. Through pattern, scale, and repetition, Thomasos was able to convey the vastness of events such as the transatlantic slave trade and mass incarceration, without exploiting the images of those who were most affected by these occurrences. Often monumental, her mural-sized paintings share a visual language with architecture; Thomasos writes "Like a carpenter, I rebuild the fragmented psychology of slave culture, revealing its fragile foundation." A series texts build a new framework for understanding Thomasos' strategic dissection of art historical traditions in painting; her interest in global architectures and physical structures of power and resistance; and highlights her focus on the history of slavery, and her commitment to exposing narratives of systemic racism."--

Alternative Title

Just beyond

Subject

• Thomasos, Denyse, 1964-2012 > Catalogs
• Thomasos, Denyse, 1964-2012 > Exhibitions
• Thomasos, Denyse, 1964-2012
• 2000-2099
• Women artists, Black > Exhibitions
• Painters, Black > Exhibitions
• Women painters > Trinidad and Tobago > Exhibitions
• Painting, Modern > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Painting, Abstract > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Identity (Philosophical concept) in art
• Painters, Black
• Women painters
• Painting, Modern
• Painting, Abstract
• Women artists, Black
• Trinidad and Tobago

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Catalogs.

Note

• Catalogue of the exhibition Denyse Thomas: Just Beyond held at the Art Gallery of Ontario from October 8, 2022 to February 20, 2023, and at the Remai Modern from April 15 to September 4, 2023.

Issued By (note)

• Co-published by DelMonico Books • D.A.P.

Call Number

Sc+ F 23-219

ISBN

• 9781636810812
• 1636810810

OCLC

1336962595

Title

Denyse Thomasos : just beyond / Renée van der Avoird, Sally Frater, Michelle Jacques, Adrienne Edwards, Denise Ryner, Marsha Pearce.

Publisher

Toronto : Art Gallery of Ontario, 2022.

Copyright Date

©2022

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Issued By

Co-published by DelMonico Books • D.A.P.

Local Subject

Black author.

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Added Author

Container of (work): Thomasos, Denyse, 1964-2012. Paintings. Selections.

Art Gallery of Ontario, host institution, publisher.

Remai Modern (Art museum), host institution.

Research Call Number

Sc+ F 23-219