Tavares Strachan: There is Light Somewhere
Hayward Gallery Publishing
Published on 11. July 2024
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-85332-378-2 (ISBN)
Description
Major monograph accompanying the first UK exhibition of the Bahamian contemporary artist Tavares Strachan (b. 1979), one of the most urgently compelling, innovative and accomplished artists of his generation.
'Strachan's work is filled with astonishments and surprise.' - The best art and architecture shows to visit in 2024, The Guardian
This major monograph will focus on the highly inventive ways in which the Bahamian artist Tavares Strachan (b. 1979) has engaged with questions of cultural visibility and social inequity, through painting, sculpture and installation. A new interview with Ralph Rugoff and essays by Ekow Eshun and Maggie Cao will examine three key areas of Tavares' work, each of which turns upside down conventional models of knowledge and education: 'Exploration' deals with the artist's own role as an explorer as well as works that pay homage to pioneers who navigated unknown ideas and uncharted territories. 'Invisibilty' is centred on Strachan's The Encyclopedia of Invisibility - an ongoing, 3,000-page publication and related sculptures and paintings that spotlight figures forgotten by history. 'Remapping' presents recent works that imaginatively remap the lost cultural connections between African diaspora people and traditional African societies. Designed in close collaboration with the artist, the book also includes an Index of Characters, Chronology and Exhibition History.
'Strachan's work is filled with astonishments and surprise.' - The best art and architecture shows to visit in 2024, The Guardian
This major monograph will focus on the highly inventive ways in which the Bahamian artist Tavares Strachan (b. 1979) has engaged with questions of cultural visibility and social inequity, through painting, sculpture and installation. A new interview with Ralph Rugoff and essays by Ekow Eshun and Maggie Cao will examine three key areas of Tavares' work, each of which turns upside down conventional models of knowledge and education: 'Exploration' deals with the artist's own role as an explorer as well as works that pay homage to pioneers who navigated unknown ideas and uncharted territories. 'Invisibilty' is centred on Strachan's The Encyclopedia of Invisibility - an ongoing, 3,000-page publication and related sculptures and paintings that spotlight figures forgotten by history. 'Remapping' presents recent works that imaginatively remap the lost cultural connections between African diaspora people and traditional African societies. Designed in close collaboration with the artist, the book also includes an Index of Characters, Chronology and Exhibition History.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
130 Illustrations, color
Dimensions
Height: 237 mm
Width: 318 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
1256 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85332-378-2 (9781853323782)
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Persons
Ralph Rugoff is Director of the Hayward Gallery.
Ekow Eshun is a British writer and curator whose recent publication include In the Black Fantastic (2022) and The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure (2024).
Maggie Cao is a scholar of eighteenth and nineteenth-century American art in a global context. She studies the history of globalization with particular interest in intersections of art with histories of technology, natural science, and economics.
Ekow Eshun is a British writer and curator whose recent publication include In the Black Fantastic (2022) and The Time is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure (2024).
Maggie Cao is a scholar of eighteenth and nineteenth-century American art in a global context. She studies the history of globalization with particular interest in intersections of art with histories of technology, natural science, and economics.