
Terry Adkins
Recital
Ian Berry(Editor)
Prestel (Publisher)
Published on 21. August 2017
Book
Hardback
300 pages
978-3-7913-5275-6 (ISBN)
Description
Born in 1953 in Washington, DC, Terry Adkins grew up deeply invested in visual art, music, and language. His approach to art making is similar to that of a composer, and Recital was conceived as a theatrical score that punctuates and demarcates space, creating interplay among pieces in different media and from diverse bodies of work. The works of art in Recital pay homage to the legacies of a number of immortal and enigmatic figures such as Bessie Smith, W. E. B. Du Bois, John Brown, Matthew Henson, and John Coltrane, among others. Adkins's creative research not only intends to resuscitate his chosen subjects from historical erasure, but also to shed light on willfully neglected or lesser-known aspects of their biographies, such as Jimi Hendrix's military training as a paratrooper in the 101st Airborne, or the question of Beethoven's Moorish ancestry. In his sculpture, photography, and video, Adkins transforms and re-purposes a range of found materials, archival imagery, and reclaimed actions in a process that he calls potential disclosure. This book features detailed biographical information, an interview with the artist, and a selection of Adkins's writings.Published in association with the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College
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Language
English
Place of publication
Munich
Germany
Illustrations
100 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 285 mm
Width: 210 mm
ISBN-13
978-3-7913-5275-6 (9783791352756)
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Ian Berry is Dayton Director of the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York. He has curated numerous museum exhibitions with contemporary artists. His recent publications include Nancy Grossman: Tough Life Diary and Someday is Now: The Art of Corita Kent (both DelMonico BooksPrestel).
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