Binding: Hardcover
Description: The Cowboy Reconsidered: the enduring myth of the cowboy is a richer more diverse story than most understand. In this survey some of the most important artists working today take up the cowboy through the lens of queer Black Asian and Latinx perspectives. Perhaps no other figure in the American popular imagination conjures the respect mystery and adoration than that of the cowboy. And it's long been a favorite subject of artists from the early twentieth century to today. In this unique exhibition and accompanying catalogue the cowboy is explored in depth from diverse perspectives and lived experience ushering in a new vision for this long - standing pop icon. Director and co - curator Nora Burnett Abrams considers the cowboy through historical perspectives breaking down the myth and mystique. In an extended interview co - curator Miranda Lash talks with queer Latinx artist rafa esparza who considers the vaquero (the Spanish term for cowboy) and the influence of norte o culture in his work. Jongwoo Jeremy Kim provides an in - depth analysis of artist Kenneth Tam's practice and deeper discussion of Asian American masculinity sexuality and how they are represented. Myeshia Babers shares the history of the Black rodeo cowboy and how this figure performs and functions today and artist R. Alan Brooks conjures the history of Dearfield Colorado one of the earliest Black homesteading communities in the state through a dream - like short graphic novel. Artist List: John Baldessari R. Alan Brooks Mel Chin Gregg Deal Angela Ellsworth rafa esparza Fabian Guerrero Juan Fuentes Karl Haendel Luis Jim nez Kahlil Joseph Grace Kennison Deana Lawson Matthew J. Mahoney Laurel Nakadate Richard Prince Otis Kwame Quaicoe Akasha Rabut Lucy Raven Ken Taylor Reynaga Yumi Roth in collaboration with Emmanuel David Ana Segovia Amy Sherald Stephanie Syjuco Kenneth Tam Andy Warhol and Nathan Young
Title: Cowboy
Author(s): Lash Miranda
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
Barcode: 9780847873753
Pages: 224 Pages, 130 Color Illustrations
Publication Date: 10/10/2023
Category: Exhibition Catalogues & Specific Collections