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Bill Traylor (Hardcover)
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Bill Traylor (Hardcover)
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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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