Lynette Yiadom-Boakye - Under-song for a Cipher / edited by Natalie Bell and Massimiliano Gioni ; New Museum, Kunsthalle Basel.
Material type:
TextPublisher: New York, NY New Museum 2016Publisher: Basel Kunsthalle Basel 2016Description: 123 pages : col. illustrationsContent type: - Text
- Band
- 9780915557141
- Under-song for a Cipher [Other title]
- A passion to a principle [Other title]
- 21 759.2 YIA
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 759.2 YIA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100677294 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
The lush oil paintings of London-based Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (born 1977) embrace many of the conventions of historical European portraiture, but expand on that tradition by engaging fictional subjects who often serve as protagonists of the artist's short stories as well.
These imagined figures are almost always black, an attribute Yiadom-Boakye sees as both political and autobiographical, given her own West African heritage. Her elegant characters come to life through the artist's bold brushwork, appearing both cavalier and nonchalant. This catalog accompanying her New Museum exhibition features an interview with the artist by Natalie Bell and Massimiliano Gioni, new reflections on Yiadom-Boakye's work by artist Chris Ofili, and art historians Elena Fillipovic and Robert Storr.
Exhibition catalogue published by New Museum, New York, on the occasion of the exhibition "Lynette Yiadom-Boakye: Under-song for a cipher, May 3 - September 3, 2016. Curators: Natalie Bell and Massimiliano Gioni. In partnership with Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, on the occasion of the exhibition "A Passion to a principle", November 18, 2016 - February 12, 2017. Curator: Elena Filipovic.