Joyful sorrow /
"Renowned for his rich, multilayered paintings, Ofili here expands his engagement with William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (1603-1604). The transmuting colors and forms of the watercolors and paintings in this volume reflect the complex interiority of the chara...
| Format: | Book |
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| Language: | English |
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London : New York, New York :
Victoria Miro ; David Zwirner Books,
[2024]
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| Summary: | "Renowned for his rich, multilayered paintings, Ofili here expands his engagement with William Shakespeare's The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (1603-1604). The transmuting colors and forms of the watercolors and paintings in this volume reflect the complex interiority of the character Othello--his vulnerabilities and his joyful sorrows. The artist also considers these works, which investigate ideas of authenticity, meaning, and selfhood, to be partly self-portraits. As viewers and readers, encountering a subject whose features split and shift with each repeated representation, we are asked to consider metamorphosis, love, the bearing of outside influences on our inner selves, and the force we exercise on the world. Published on the occasion of a two-site exhibition staged by David Zwirner Paris and Victoria Miro in Venice, the catalogue includes a text from Ofili's studio and a selection of poems by Jason Allen-Paisant from his 2023 collection Self-Portrait as Othello."-- |
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| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition at David Zwirner, Paris, France, October 14-November 30, 2024 and Victoria Miro, Venice, Italy, October 26-December 14, 2024. |
| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations ; 27 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9781644231593 164423159X |