Thomas J Price : ordinary men.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Power Plant (Art gallery), host institution, publisher.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Price, Thomas J., 1981---Exhibitions.

Price, Thomas J.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

143 pages : colour illustrations ; 28 cm

Other Title:

Ordinary men

Place of Publication:

Toronto, ON : The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, [2021]

Summary:

"Since 2005, Thomas J Price has focused on creating what he terms 'psychological portraits' in sculpture. Ranging in size from small busts to monumental bronze statues, these sculptures depict the bodies, clothing and characteristics typically associated with black men. However, these works are not representations of actual people. Instead, they combine facial expressions drawn from ancient, classical and neo-classical sculpture, stereotypes represented in contemporary news media, and observed individuals--some of whom Price knows personally, others whom he has witnessed in public spaces. The exhibition at The Power Plant, Price's first in Canada, features a series of sculptures in varying sizes. Inside the gallery, a newly commissioned work is presented alongside several smaller bronzes and photographs that challenge the erasure of black bodies within the traditions of classical sculpture. Outside in Canada Square sits Price's Numen series, 2016, a continuation of the artist's investigation into Greek, Roman and Egyptian mythology. To the west, on the South Terrace, a monumental cast-bronze titled Cover Up (The Reveal), 2019 is presented. These four works extend the exhibition's reach into the public sphere, thus engaging visitors both inside and outside of the gallery and confronting us with images of black male bodies on a monumental scale. The publication brings together scholarship on Price's practice from curators and authors Lisa Le Feuvre, Julie Crooks, and Michael Prokopow."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Foreword / Gaëtane Verna

Exhibition views

Seeing ordinary men / Julie Crooks

Ubiquity or the power of the ordinary in the work of Thomas J Price / Michael J. Prokopow

Works beyond the exhibition

Thinking sculpture / Thomas J Price and Lisa Le Feuvre

Process

List of works

Biographical notes.

Notes:

Title from cover.

Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Power Plant from June 22 to September 2, 2019.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Contains:

Container of: Price, Thomas J., 1981- Sculptures. Selections.

ISBN:

9781894212861

189421286X

OCLC:

1250645369