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Bill Traylor (Hardcover) Loot Price: R884
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Bill Traylor (Hardcover): Valerie Rousseau, Debra Purden

Bill Traylor (Hardcover)

Valerie Rousseau, Debra Purden

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Born into slavery in around 1853 on a cotton plantation in Benton, Alabama, Traylor has become one of the most important self-taught artists of the twentieth century and certainly one of the most celebrated African-American artists, along with Thorton Dial and William Edmondson. The story of Bill Traylor's life and work is a remarkable one. It is a story that deserves attention both nationally and internationally. This publication, generously illustrated with full-page high-quality reproductions, will provide a close examination of Traylor's recurrent themes, composition schemes, favoured iconography and contextual information related to the artist's biography, creative process and tools, visual environment and artistic mindset. Each artwork is considered in a context beyond that of an isolated image and in response to one another, forming a series of intricate and consistent narratives, intriguingly cinematic in its development. The elements of Traylor's biography are the anchors of an individual mythology. Instead of merely being a basic depiction, the subject becomes a visual statement structuring Traylor's mind, bringing together hidden symbols from Kongo Vodou, Hoodoo, Southern Baptist, Freemasonry and Blues sources, as well as layers of references: slavery, uncensored violence in the Jim Crow era and turbulence within the black enclave known as "Dark Town" in Montgomery, Alabama.

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Imprint: Five Continents Editions
Country of origin: Italy
Release date: September 2018
Authors: Valerie Rousseau • Debra Purden
Dimensions: 285 x 244 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-88-7439-821-8
Categories: Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > General
Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General
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LSN: 88-7439-821-2
Barcode: 9788874398218

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