Gio Swaby : fresh up.
This debut of the 29-year-old Bahamian-born artist aims to redefine the often-politicized black body, with portraits made in a range of textile-based techniques, such as embroidery and appliqué, celebrating strong black women. Gio Swaby's intimate portraits are unique, highly personal figurative wor...
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Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Rizzoli Electa,
2022.
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Physical Description: | 104 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm |
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Fresh up |
Format: | Book |
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This debut of the 29-year-old Bahamian-born artist aims to redefine the often-politicized black body, with portraits made in a range of textile-based techniques, such as embroidery and appliqué, celebrating strong black women. Gio Swaby's intimate portraits are unique, highly personal figurative works made from an array of colorful fabrics and intricate, freehand lines of thread on canvas that explore the intersections of blackness and womanhood. Illustrated with 80 works in full color that span from 2017 to 2021, this is the first book on this contemporary feminist artist who is a rising star in the world of textiles and portraiture. According to Swaby, "I wanted to create a space where we could see ourselves reflected in a moment of joy, celebrated without expectations, without connected stereotypes." Writers and scholars with multiple points of view take on Swaby's work and delve into her place within contemporary black art. Exhibition: Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, USA (28.05.-09.10.2022). |
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Note: | "Gio Swaby: Fresh Up was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title held at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, from May 28 to October 9, 2022, the Art Institute of Chicago from April 8 to July 3, 2023, and the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, from August to November 2023."--Colophon. |
Call Number: | TT750 .G56 2022 |
Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographical references. |
ISBN: | 0847871738 9780847871735 |