Henry Taylor : B side / edited by Bennett Simpson ; with contributions by Wanda Coleman, Karon Davis, Charles Gaines, Harmony Holiday, Bob Kaufman, Walter Price, Bennett Simpson, and Frances Stark, and a conversation between Henry Taylor and Hamza Walker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Simpson, Bennett, editor.

Coleman, Wanda.

Davis, Karon, 1977-

Gaines, Charles, 1944-

Holiday, Harmony, 1982-

Kaufman, Bob.

Price, Walter, 1989-

Stark, Frances, 1967-

Walker, Hamza, interviewer.

Taylor, Henry, 1958-

Museum of Contemporary Art (Los Angeles, Calif.), organizer, host institution.

Whitney Museum of American Art, host institution.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Taylor, Henry, 1958---Exhibitions.

Taylor, Henry.

Artists, Black--20th century--21st century.

Artists, Black.

Painters, Black--20th century--21st century.

Painters, Black.

Portrait painting--20th century--21st century.

Portrait painting.

Painting, Modern--20th century--21st century.

Painting, Modern.

Installations (Art)--20th century--21st century.

Installations (Art).

African American artists--20th century--21st century.

African American artists.

African Americans in art--20th century--21st century.

African Americans in art.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

237 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Los Angeles : The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ; New York : DelMonico Books, [2022]

Summary:

"Surveying 30 years of Henry Taylor's work in painting, sculpture and installation, this comprehensive monograph celebrates a Los Angeles artist widely appreciated for his unique aesthetic, social vision and freewheeling experimentation. Taylor's portraits and allegorical tableaux-populated by friends, family members, strangers on the street, athletic stars and entertainers-display flashes of familiarity in their seemingly brash compositions, which nonetheless linger in the imagination with uncanny detail. In his paintings on cigarette packs, cereal boxes and other found supports, Taylor brings his primary medium into the realm of common culture. Similarly, the artist's installations often recode the forms and symbolisms of found materials (bleach bottles, push brooms) to play upon art historical tropes and modernism's appropriations of African or African American culture. Taken together, the various strands of Taylor's practice display a deep observation of Black life in America at the turn of the century, while also inviting a humanist fellowship that pushes outward from the particular"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Conversation with Henry Taylor / Hamza Walker

Henry Taylor: B Side / Bennett Simpson

Henry Taylor's Radical Aesthetics / Charles Gaines

Exempt from Oblivion / Frances Stark

Oh Henry! / Karon Davis

She's Thinking about Romance / Harmony Holiday

The Ancient Rain / Bob Kaufman

Yr-neh / Walter Price

L.A. Love Cry / Wanda Coleman.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781636810560

163681056X

OCLC:

1334947400