Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Smith, Zadie
2. Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth, 1979-
3. Gaines, Charles, 1944-
4. Ghansah, Rachel Kaadzi, 1981-

Description

1. 320 pages : color illustrations, portraits; 32 cm

Summary

1. "Legendary artist Henry Taylor's first major monograph chronicles his life and work--the "visual equivalent of the blues." This definitive survey of over 200 of the painter's portraits and street scenes forms a personal and political portrait of society today. For three decades the iconic artist has worked his way through New York, Los Angeles, Europe, and Africa, documenting what he sees. In his circle are artists, musicians, writers, performers, as well as friends from his ten years as a psychiatric technician. It is the artist's empathetic eye that allows him to imagine his figures with authenticity and grace--not better than they are, or more glamorous--but part of a big, complicated world. Flat, brushy flows of color cast figures that often float in surreal landscapes abstracted from the barbeque in the park, or neighboring street. Suites of Taylor's paintings are reproduced alongside handwritten accounts of the sittings, offering an in-depth understanding of the artist's world. Contributions by Charles Gaines, Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah, Sarah Lewis, and Zadie Smith touch on the nature of truth, racial terror; memory and belonging in America. This definitive monograph celebrates Taylor's direct and revealing portraits, offering a tonic to a divisive cultural moment." -- Publisher's description

Alternative title

1. Only portrait I ever painted of my momma was stolen

Subject

1. African American artists
2. African American artists > Exhibitions
3. Taylor, Henry, 1958- > Criticism and interpretation
4. African Americans in art
5. 2000-2099
6. Exhibition catalogs
7. Painting, American > 21st century > Exhibitions
8. Taylor, Henry, 1958- > Interviews
9. Black author

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs.

Contents

1. Promiscuous painting: Henry Taylor all over the damn place / Zadie Smith -- Henry Taylor: the impossible present / Sarah Lewis -- An interview with Henry Taylor / Charles Gaines -- Henry Taylor's wild heart can't be broken / Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah.

Call number

1. Sc+ G 19-3

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-308) and index.

Author

1. Taylor, Henry, 1958- artist.

Title

1. Henry Taylor : the only portrait I ever painted of my momma was stolen / with contributions by Zadie Smith, Sarah Lewis, Charles Gaines & Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah.

Publisher

1. New York, NY : Rizzoli Electa ; Los Angeles, CA : Blum & Poe, 2018.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (pages 306-308) and index.

Chronological term

1. 2000-2099

Local subject

1. Black author.

Added author

1. Smith, Zadie, contributor.
2. Lewis, Sarah Elizabeth, 1979- contributor.
3. Gaines, Charles, 1944- contributor, interviewer.
4. Ghansah, Rachel Kaadzi, 1981- contributor.

LCCN

1. 2018939284

ISBN

1. 0847863107 (hardcover)
2. 9780847863105 (hardcover)

Research call number

1. Sc+ G 19-3