Bill Traylor. Ediz. inglese e francese - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 8874398212 ISBN 13: 9788874398218

Casa editrice: 5 Continents Editions, 2018

Riassunto

Richly illustrated with full-page stunning reproductions, this is a unique and original approach to the work of Bill Traylor. Born into slavery around 1853/4 on a cotton plantation in Benton, Alabama, Traylor, who died in 1949, is one of the most celebrated self-taught American artists. A sharecropper until around 1930, he moved to then-segregated Montgomery in his 80s and began to create art, layering references to religion, politics, and African American life in his many drawings and paintings. Here, Traylor specialists Valérie Rousseau and Debra Purden consider his artworks in response to one another, forming a series of intricate and consistent narratives, intriguingly cinematic in their development, to present a fresh picture of the artist.

Published in collaboration with the American Folk Art Museum, New York.
Note: a major exhibition, “Between Worlds: The Art of Bill Traylor,” is on view at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, Sept 28, 2018–Mar 17, 2019.

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L'autore

Valérie Rousseau has been curator of self-taught art and art brut at the American Folk Art Museum, New York, since 2013, where she curated the AAMC Award-winning When the Curtain Never Comes Down (2015) and other critically acclaimed exhibitions. Rousseau holds a doctoral degree in art history and a master's degree in art theory, both from Université du Québec in Montréal, and a master's degree in anthropology from École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, Paris. She is the author and editor of numerous publications, among them The Hidden Art: 20th and 21st Century Self-Taught Art (Rizzoli, 2017), Revealing Art Brut (Culture & Musées, 2010), and Vestiges de l'indiscipline (Canadian Museum of Civilization, 2007). Debra Purden is an American historian whose research has focused on the life and work of Bill Traylor. She has worked as a curator and registrar for many private collections in Chicago, among them the most significant private collections of Traylor. Previously part of the curatorial team at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, Purden has held positions at the Field Museum of Natural History, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Chicago Cultural Center.
Text in English and French.

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• Editore: 5 Continents Editions
• Data di pubblicazione: 2018
• ISBN 10: 8874398212
• ISBN 13: 9788874398218
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 192
• Redattore: Rousseau Valerie, Purden Debra