"Art got into me" : the work of Engels the Artist / edited by Patrice Giasson.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giasson, Patrice, editor.

Neuberger Museum of Art, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Engels (Artist)--Exhibitions.

Engels.

African American artists--United States--Exhibitions.

African American artists.

African American art--United States--Exhibitions.

African American art.

Outsider artists--United States--Exhibitions.

Outsider artists.

Outsider art--United States--Exhibitions.

Outsider art.

Art, Abstract--21st century--Exhibitions.

Art, Abstract.

Painting--21st century--Exhibitions.

Painting.

United States.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

143 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Purchase, NY : Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York, [2019].

Summary:

"This monographic exhibition features more than fifty works created by Engels the Artist over the past en years. Born in Haiti, the artist has been living in Brooklyn for more than three decades. For Engels, the canvas is a limited space that requires subversion, inversion, expansion, or containment. He engages in a sort of metonymic game, whereby the container becomes the contained, and the support becomes the object itself. For example, the fabric of the canvas, the wood of the stretcher, and the metal staples are all part of his iconography. Abstract and poetic, his sculptural paintings are both aesthetically appealing and profoundly meaningful. According to the artist, 'The strict economy of line and texture, the use of everyday objects, and makeshift elegance recall my grandmother's home in Port-au-Prince, which against all odds had splendor.' The exhibition will include an artist residency during which Engels will create new works inside the museum."--Publisher's description from Worldwide Books.

Contents:

Director's foreword

Co-organizer's foreword

Acknowledgments

Entering Engels's universe: my first visit to the studio / Patrice Giasson

An interview

Engels / Tom Otterness

The enchantment of uses / Julian Kreimer.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Art Got Into Me": The Work of Engels the Artist, Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, SUNY, October 9, 2019 - December 22, 2019.

ISBN:

9780990660880

0990660885

OCLC:

1142965862