Noah Davis /

"This striking exhibition catalog celebrates the late artist whose deeply emotional works intermingled realism with abstraction to address complex themes of identity, race, and community. American artist Noah Davis (1983-2015) believed 'painting does something to your soul that nothing els...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Fray-Smith, Wells (Editor, Contributor), Malavassi, Paola (Editor, Contributor), Nairne, Eleanor (Editor, Contributor), Molesworth, Helen, 1966- (Contributor), Dumas, Marlene, 1953- (Contributor), Clark, T. J. (Timothy J.) (Contributor), Davis, Karon, 1977- (Contributor), Clemente, Francesco, 1952- (Contributor), Bey, Dawoud, 1953- (Contributor), Campt, Tina, 1964- (Contributor), Moran, Jason (Contributor), Rankine, Claudia, 1963- (Contributor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel, 2024.
Subjects:	Davis, Noah, > 1983-2015 > Exhibitions. Davis, Noah, > 1983-2015 > Criticism and interpretation. Davis, Noah, > 1983-2015 > Themes, motives. African American painting > 21st century > Exhibitions. Painting, American > 21st century > Exhibitions. African Americans in art > Exhibitions. Peinture américaine > 21e siècle > Expositions. Noirs américains dans l'art > Expositions. Peinture noire américaine > 21e siècle > Expositions. exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs. Illustrated works. Essays. Catalogues d'exposition. Ouvrages illustrés.

Table of Contents:

Introduction / by Shanay Jhaveri, Paola Malavassi, Ann Philbin
Noah Davis and the magic quotidian / by Eleanor Nairne
Helen Molesworth on 40 acres and a unicorn, 2007
Marlene Dumas on Single mother with father out of the picture, 2007-8
Noah Davis: so magic, so real / by Paola Malavassi
T.J. Clark on The architect, 2009
Karon Davis on Isis, 2009
Francesco Clemente on Painting for my dad, 2011
Dawoud Bey on 1975, 2013
Black-ground: Noah Davis and the spatial frequencies of the black everyday / by Tina M. Campt
Jason Moran on Pueblo del Rio : concerto, 2014
Noah Davis, the architect / by Wells Fray-Smith
Untitled, 2015 / by Claudia Rankine
Chronology / compiled by Colm guo-Lin Peare.