Canvas Detroit
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Canvas Detroit

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Canvas Detroit

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Detroit's unique and partly abandoned cityscape has scarred its image around the world for decades. But in the last several years journalists have begun to view the city through a different lens, focusing on the wide range of contemporary artists finding inspiration amid the emptiness and adding a more complex chapter to the story of a city long labeled as a haunting symbol of U.S. economic decline. In Canvas Detroit, Julie Pincus and Nichole Christian combine vibrant full-color photography of the city's much-buzzed-about art scene with thoughtful narrative that explores the art and artists that are re-creating Detroit. Canvas Detroit captures hundreds of pieces of artwork in many forms—including large-scale and small-scale murals, sculptures, portraits, light projections, wearable art, and installations (made with wood, glass, living plants, fiber, and fabric). Works are situated in both obvious and more hidden spaces, including on and in houses, garages, factories, alleyways, doors, and walls, while some structures have been entirely transformed into art. Pincus and Christian profile internationally known figures like Banksy, Matthew Barney, and Tyree Guyton; prominent Detroit artists such as Scott Hocking, Jerome Ferretti, and Robert Sestock; and collectives like Power House Productions, Hygenic Dress League, the Empowerment Plan, and Theatre Bizarre. Canvas Detroit also features contributions by Marion Jackson, John Gallagher, Michael H. Hodges, Rebecca R. Hart, and Linda Yablonsky that contextualize the current artistic moment in the city. This beautifully designed and informative volume showcases the stunning breadth and depth of artwork currently being done in Detroit. It will be essential reading for anyone interested in arts and culture in the city.

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Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Year
2017
ISBN
9780814338803
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Art General

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. How Detroit Got Its Groove Back
  8. The Alley Project
  9. Banksy
  10. Matthew Barney, Alchemist
  11. BASK
  12. Ben Bunk
  13. Halima Cassells
  14. Katie Craig
  15. Cupcake Girls
  16. Detroit: City of Loss and Wonder
  17. Dabls
  18. Design 99 and Power House Productions: Mitch Cope and Gina Reichert
  19. Design 99 and Power House Productions: Ride It Sculpture Park
  20. Design 99 and Power House Productions with Graem Whyte: Squash House
  21. Design 99: The Juxtapoz & Power House Productions Residencies
  22. Detroit Beautification Project
  23. Dlectricity
  24. Art and Public Places
  25. Ron English
  26. Greg Fadell
  27. Jerome Ferretti
  28. Five Fellows
  29. Tyree Guyton
  30. Scott Hocking
  31. Judith Hoffman
  32. Gregory Holm and Matthew Radune
  33. Hygienic Dress League
  34. Kevin Joy
  35. Eno Laget
  36. Nicole MacDonald
  37. Hubert Massey
  38. Catie Newell
  39. Object Orange
  40. Popps Packing: Graem Whyte and Faina Lerman
  41. Yvette Rock
  42. John Sauvé
  43. Veronika Scott
  44. Robert Sestok
  45. Kobie Solomon
  46. Theatre Bizarre
  47. Katie Yamasaki
  48. Index