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Noah Davis / edited by Wells Fray-Smith, Paola Malavassi and Eleanor Nairne.

Contributor(s): Publication details: London : Prestel, 2024.Description: 269 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9783791377742
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Contents:
Introduction / Shanay Jhaveri, Paola Malavassi, Ann Philbin -- Noah Davis and the magic quotidian / Eleanor Nairne -- Helen Molesworth on / '40 Acres and a Unicorn' -- Marlene Dumas on / 'Single Mother with Father out of the Picture' -- Noah Davis: so magic, so real / 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 / Tina M. Campt -- Jason Moran on / 'Pueblo del Rio: Concerto', 2014 -- Noah Davis, the Architect / Wells Fray-Smith -- 'Untitled', 2015 / Claudia Rankine -- Chronology / Colm Guo-Lin Peare
Summary: Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years. Primarily based in Los Angeles, Noah Davis created a body of figurative paintings that explores a range of Black life. Motivated by the desire to ‘represent the people around me’, Davis painted figures diving into pools, sleeping, dancing, and looking at art in scenes that can be both realistic and dreamlike, joyful and melancholic. Davis drew from anonymous photography, personal archives, film, art history and his imagination to create a ravishing body of work. Often enigmatic, his paintings reveal a deep feeling for humanity and the emotional textures of the everyday. In 2012, Davis co-founded The Underground Museum to give free access to world-class art for the people of Arlington Heights, LA. This exhibition presents over 50 of Davis’ works in painting, sculpture, curating and community-building from 2007 to his untimely death in 2015.
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Book Book CGLAS Library Monographs Room DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 13149

Published on the occasion of an exhibition of the same name held at DAS MINSK, Potsdam, 7 September 2024 - 5 January 2025; Barbican Art Gallery, London, 6 February - 11 May 2025; and Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, 8 June - 31 August 2025.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Shanay Jhaveri, Paola Malavassi, Ann Philbin -- Noah Davis and the magic quotidian / Eleanor Nairne -- Helen Molesworth on / '40 Acres and a Unicorn' -- Marlene Dumas on / 'Single Mother with Father out of the Picture' -- Noah Davis: so magic, so real / 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 / Tina M. Campt -- Jason Moran on / 'Pueblo del Rio: Concerto', 2014 -- Noah Davis, the Architect / Wells Fray-Smith -- 'Untitled', 2015 / Claudia Rankine -- Chronology / Colm Guo-Lin Peare

Celebrating the late artist’s expansive creativity, this debut retrospective showcases Noah Davis as one of the most original and uncanny painters emerging in recent years. Primarily based in Los Angeles, Noah Davis created a body of figurative paintings that explores a range of Black life. Motivated by the desire to ‘represent the people around me’, Davis painted figures diving into pools, sleeping, dancing, and looking at art in scenes that can be both realistic and dreamlike, joyful and melancholic. Davis drew from anonymous photography, personal archives, film, art history and his imagination to create a ravishing body of work. Often enigmatic, his paintings reveal a deep feeling for humanity and the emotional textures of the everyday. In 2012, Davis co-founded The Underground Museum to give free access to world-class art for the people of Arlington Heights, LA. This exhibition presents over 50 of Davis’ works in painting, sculpture, curating and community-building from 2007 to his untimely death in 2015.