Tyler Mitchell : wish this was real /
"Tyler Mitchell's photography is animated by dreams of paradise and joy against the backdrop of history. Since his rise to prominence in the worlds of art and fashion, Mitchell has created images of beauty, utopia, and the American landscape that expand the imaginary of Blackness in the tw...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Aperture,
2025.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Tyler Mitchell's photography is animated by dreams of paradise and joy against the backdrop of history. Since his rise to prominence in the worlds of art and fashion, Mitchell has created images of beauty, utopia, and the American landscape that expand the imaginary of Blackness in the twenty-first century. Wish This Was Real is the definitive early-career survey of Mitchell's work, offering a comprehensive look into the subjects driving his artistic practice, from his genre-bending portraits made in the United States, Europe, and West Africa to his photographs printed on diaphanous fabrics and sculptures that reference Black intellectual heritage. Presenting new perspectives by leading writers on his long-standing themes of self-determination and the extraordinary radiance of the everyday, Wish This Was Real shows how photography can be rooted in a collective past while evoking imagined futures"--Back cover. |
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| Item Description: | Published on the occasion of the exhibition and curated by Brendan Embser and Sophia Greiff. |
| Physical Description: | 270 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 28 x 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781597115759 1597115754 |