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Swaby, Gio, 1991- -- Exhibitions.
Needlework -- Exhibitions.
Textile fabrics in art -- Exhibitions.
Women artists, Black -- United States -- Exhibitions.
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Swaby, Gio, 1991- -- Exhibitions.
Needlework -- Exhibitions.
Textile fabrics in art -- Exhibitions.
Women artists, Black -- United States -- Exhibitions.
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Gio
Swaby
: fresh up.
Rizzoli Electa, 2022.
Call #:
708.973 G494
Subjects
Swaby
,
Gio
,
1991-
--
Exhibitions
.
Needlework
--
Exhibitions
.
Textile fabrics in art
--
Exhibitions
.
Women artists, Black
--
United States
--
Exhibitions
.
ISBN:
9780847871735 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Fresh up
Description:
104 p. : col. ill. ; 32 cm.
Notes:
"
Gio
Swaby
: Fresh Up was published in conjunction with an exhibition of the same title held at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida, from May 28 to October 9, 2022, the Art Institute of Chicago from April 8 to July 3, 2023, and the Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts, from August to November 2023."--Colophon.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"This debut of the 29-year-old Bahamian-born artist aims to redefine the often-politicized black body, with portraits made in a range of textile-based techniques, such as embroidery and appliqué, celebrating strong black women.
Gio
Swaby
's intimate portraits are unique, highly personal figurative works made from an array of colorful fabrics and intricate, freehand lines of thread on canvas that explore the intersections of blackness and womanhood. Illustrated with 80 works in full color that span from 2017 to 2021, this is the first book on this contemporary feminist artist who is a rising star in the world of textiles and portraiture. According to
Swaby
, "I wanted to create a space where we could see ourselves reflected in a moment of joy, celebrated without expectations, without connected stereotypes." Writers and scholars with multiple points of view take on
Swaby
's work and delve into her place within contemporary black art. Exhibition: Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, USA (28.05.-09.10.2022)."
Katherine Pill is curator of contemporary art at the Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida. Melinda Watt is Chair and Christa C. Mayer Thurman Curator of Textiles at the Art Institute of Chicago. Nikole Hannah-Jones is a Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter for the New York Times Magazine.
Genre:
Exhibition catalogs.
Other authors:
Museum of Fine Arts (Saint Petersburg, Fla.) host institution.
Art Institute of Chicago host institution.
Peabody Essex Museum host institution.
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