Paula Wilson : toward the sky's back door /
"Paula Wilson: Toward the Sky's Back Door breaks down perceived boundaries to connect global and local narratives through subjects as wide-ranging as the moth that pollinates Yucca plants, ancient Greek vases, West African D'mba, and modern technologies. The exhibition presents painti...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Saratoga Springs, New York :
The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College ; DelMonico Books,
2025.
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| Summary: | "Paula Wilson: Toward the Sky's Back Door breaks down perceived boundaries to connect global and local narratives through subjects as wide-ranging as the moth that pollinates Yucca plants, ancient Greek vases, West African D'mba, and modern technologies. The exhibition presents paintings, sculpture, prints, collages, and videos--with different media frequently intermixed in a single work, including a new monumental figure being shown for the first time. Using the same techniques and styles to make art for viewing on the gallery wall as for the rugs she walks on and clothes she wears, Wilson challenges the separations between art and everyday living. Often biographically oriented, her work investigates the polarities of human life, including her own identity as a biracial woman and her experiences living in both major metropolises and the small desert railroad town of Carrizozo, New Mexico." -- |
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| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of an exhibition at the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College, Saratoga, New York, July 15-December 30, 2023 and the California African American Museum, Los Angeles, California, May 22-August 18, 2024 |
| Physical Description: | 184 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-172) |
| ISBN: | 9781636811666 1636811663 |