Thirty illustrated essays highlighting a variety of Detroit
artists. Essay'd 2: 30 Detroit Artists follows the welcome
reception of last year's Essay'd: 30 Detroit Artists in presenting
short, illustrated essays about artists who live and work in
Detroit, or who have participated in the Detroit art scene in an
important way. Stemming from the popular website of the same name,
the first volume of Essay'd sought to introduce readers, even those
who are well versed in the Detroit art ecosystem, to new insight
and a fresh perspective on the city's contemporary art
practitioners. The four arts writers behind Essay'd-a professor, a
gallerist, and two critics-are joined in Essay'd 2 by a handful of
guest writers, whose unique views offer different points of access
to Detroit's diverse and populous artist community. Essay'd 2
offers thirty new profiles of artists both well known and under the
radar, seasoned and emerging. Advancing the argument that there are
as many kinds of Detroit art as there are individual artists, the
authors write about work created in a wide range of media, from
painting, photography, ceramics, and textiles to performance,
installation, and architectural intervention, produced in a
kaleidoscopic array of individual styles. Some of the artists this
volume highlights include S. Kay Young, an attendee of the College
for Creative Studies with a thirty-year photography career;
multimedia artist Adam Lee Miller, who is one half of the band
ADULT; fiber artist and 2015 Kresge fellow Carole Harris; and
master staff carver/mosaicist David Philpot. While Detroit has long
been home to a storied and industrious community of artists, there
has been relatively little writing that explores, analyzes, and
contextualizes their work. Now, with renewed regional, national,
and international attention being paid to Detroit and its creative
culture, it is more important than ever that the evolving and vital
work of the city's artists be documented and made known to the
wider public. The new essays collected here, written in a format
that is at once in-depth and accessible, continue the authors'
ongoing mission to introduce the Detroit art community to the
world, one artist at a time. Art lovers and regional history buffs
will appreciate this continued conversation.
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