Research Catalog

Title

Noah Davis : in detail / Helen Molesworth ; editor: Anne Wehr.

Author

Davis, Noah, 1983-2015

Publication

• [New York, New York] : David Zwirner Books, [2023]
• ©2023

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Molesworth, Helen, 1966-
• Wehr, Anne
• David Zwirner (Gallery), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution
• Underground Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution

Description

207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits, facsimiles; 31 cm

Summary

"Looking to literature, film, architecture, and art history, Noah Davis imbued his ethereal paintings with emotion and imagination. Muted colors, fantastic scenes, and blurred subjects create an intoxicating vision. Attuned to the power of his medium, Davis layered his paintings, figuratively and literally, using a unique dry paint application to depict quotidian life at an enigmatic, almost magical remove. Featuring sumptuous close-ups throughout, this important new book brings into focus the rich, painterly variety and luminous detail of Davis's canvases. With a special focus on the groundbreaking Underground Museum, which Noah Davis co-founded with his wife, Karon Davis, Noah Davis: In Detail includes a special conversation, moderated by Helen Molesworth, between Fred Moten, Glenn Ligon, Thomas Lax, and Julie Mehretu. This renowned group of artists and thinkers share personal experiences of the powerful and emotional impact of The Underground Museum and its connection to the larger artistic environs of Los Angeles. Franklin Sirmans contributes a new essay and Lindsay Charlwood, a lifelong friend of Noah's, authors a chronology of his life, contextualizing his artistic and social achievements"--$c Provided by publisher

Uniform Title

Works. Selections

Alternative Title

• Works.
• In detail

Subject

• Davis, Noah, 1983-2015 > Exhibitions
• David Zwirner (Gallery) > Exhibitions > 21st century
• Underground Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.) > Exhibitions > 21st century
• 2000-2099
• Figurative painting, American > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Portrait painting, American > 21st century > Exhibitions
• African American painting > 21st century > Exhibitions
• African Americans in art > Exhibitions
• African American artists > California > Los Angeles > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Painting, American > 21st century > Exhibitions
• Painting, American

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs
• Exhibition catalogs.
• Essays.
• Interviews.
• Portraits.
• Illustrated works.

Note

• "Published by David Zwirner Books on the occasion of Noah Davis, David Zwirner ... London, October 8-November 17, 2021; Noah Davis, The Underground Museum ... Los Angeles, January 28-March 15, 2022"--Colophon

Exhibitions (note)

• "Noah Davis" : January 16-February 22, 2020, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, New York, United States
• "Noah Davis" : October 8-November 17, 2021, David Zwirner Gallery, London, England
• "Noah Davis" : January 28-September 30, 2022, The Underground Museum, Los Angeles, California, United States

Contents

The forest and the trees / Helen Molesworth -- Works in detail -- Once in a lifetime: Noah Davis / Franklin Sirmans -- Works, 2008-2009 -- Dedicated to the underground: a conversation with / Thomas (T.) Jean Lax, Glenn Ligon, Julie Mehretu, and Fred Moten hosted by Helen Molesworth -- Works, 2010-2015 -- Noah Davis: a chronology / Lindsay Charlwood

Call Number

Sc+ G 24-11

ISBN

• 9781644230763
• 1644230763
• 9871644230763 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023934743

OCLC

1400081056

Author

Davis, Noah, 1983-2015, artist.

Title

Noah Davis : in detail / Helen Molesworth ; editor: Anne Wehr.

Publisher

[New York, New York] : David Zwirner Books, [2023]

Copyright Date

©2023

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Exhibitions

"Noah Davis" : January 16-February 22, 2020, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, New York, United States

"Noah Davis" : October 8-November 17, 2021, David Zwirner Gallery, London, England

"Noah Davis" : January 28-September 30, 2022, The Underground Museum, Los Angeles, California, United States

Chronological Term

2000-2099

Local Subject

Black author.

Added Author

Molesworth, Helen, 1966- author.

Wehr, Anne, editor.

Container of (work): Davis, Noah, 1983-2015. Works. Selections.

David Zwirner (Gallery), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.

Underground Museum (Los Angeles, Calif.), issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.

Research Call Number

Sc+ G 24-11