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Author:

Baez, Firelei, 1980- artist.

Title:

Firelei Bez : to breathe full and free / edited by David Norr ; with contributions by Carla Acevedo-Yates, Mark Godfrey, Thelma Golden, Eva Respini, [and] Legacy Russell.

Publisher:

Conti Tipocolor

Copyright Date:

℗♭2022

Description:

256 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Subject:

Baez, Firelei,--1980---Works.--Selections.
African American art--21st century.
African American artists--21st century.
African American women artists--21st century.
Painting, Dominican--21st century.
African American painting--21st century.
Art, American--21st century.
Art, Black--21st century.
Art, Caribbean--21st century.
Art, Dominican--21st century.
Art, Modern--21st century.
African American women in art--21st century.
Women, Black, in art--21st century.
Women artists, Black--21st century.
African diaspora in art.
Identity (Psychology) in art.

Other Authors:

Norr, David, editor.
Acevedo-Yates, Carla, contributor.
Godfrey, Mark (Mark Benjamin), contributor.
Golden, Thelma, contributor.
Respini, Eva, contributor.
Russell, Legacy, contributor.
Gregory R. Miller & Co., publisher.
James Cohan Gallery, publisher.
Distributed Art Publishers, distributor.
Conti Tipocolor, printer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

The map paintings / Mark Godfrey -- Swimming to Anacaona / Legacy Russell -- Conversation / Eva Respini and Firelei Bez -- Geographic fugitivity in the work of Firelei Bez / Carla Acevedo-Yates -- The map paintings / Mark Godfrey -- Collections and photograph credits. Index -- Collections and photograph credits.

Summary:

A decade of colorful, immersive and gorgeously crafted paintings and installations from the acclaimed artist. This is the first monograph to collect the complete works to date of New York-based multimedia artist Firelei Bez (born 1981), fully illustrated with images of her immersive installations, sculptural commissions, paintings and more than 150 works on paper. Major new texts explore the artist's biography, symbolism and the historical foundations of her works, from curator Mark Godfrey, MCA Chicago curator Carla Acevedo-Yates, ICA Boston curator Eva Respini and an in-depth conversation with Studio Museum Director Thelma Golden. Bringing together more than 10 years of exhibitions and installations, from her acclaimed 2016 exhibition at the Perez Art Museum Miami to her 2021 commission for the ICA Boston, Firelei Bez: to breathe full and free is a landmark presentation of the work of this exciting emerging artist.

ISBN:

1941366384
9781941366387

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1349465849

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)