Rock of eye : Troy Montes-Michie

Author/Creator:

Montes-Michie, Troy, artist, interviewee

Publication/Creation:

Catskill, New York : Siglio ; [New Orleans] : Rivers Institute for Contemporary Art & Thought ; Los Angeles : California African American Museum, 2021

Resource Type:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Rock of eye : Troy Montes-Michie / with an interview by Brent Hayes Edwards ; essays by Andrea Andersson and Tina Campt ; and an afterword by Cameron Shaw

Variant Titles:

Troy Montes-Michie : rock of eye

Related Names

Additional Author/Creators:

Edwards, Brent Hayes, interviewer
Andersson, Andrea, contributor
Campt, Tina, 1964-, contributor
Shaw, Cameron, contributor
California African-American Museum, host institution

Subjects/Genre

Genre:

Photomontages

Subjects:

Montes-Michie, Troy--Exhibitions
Montes-Michie, Troy--Interviews
Artists' books--Specimens
African American men in art--Exhibitions
Gay men in art--Exhibitions
Male nude in art--Exhibitions
Nude art
Males

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

The alchemy of the border: Troy Montes-Michie in conversation with Brent Hayes Edwards -- Troy Montes-Michie: Fashion notes / Andrea Andersson -- Troy Montes-Michie: Visioning Black study / Tina Campt -- After words on new beginnings / Cameron Shaw.

Summary:

To tailor a garment by "rock of eye" is to rely on the drape on experience over mathematical measurement in the fitting process. It is a kind of drawing in space--a freehand, an intuition, a trust of materials. Rock of Eye, published on the occasion of Troy Montes-Michie's (born 1985) solo exhibition at the California African American Museum, is a collection of the artist's collages, drawings, and found and woven images sourced from vintage erotic magazines, French tailoring magazines, found photographs, and other materials. These materials are familiar from Montes-Michie's recent large-scale paintings and collages that center on the Black male body and his series that traces the social history and form of the zoot suit. Troy Montes-Michie was born in El Paso and his practice reflects his experience growing up along the US/Mexico border. This book is a study in ambiguity between portraiture and landscape; his are the cuts and folds of patterning and mapping. In Rock of Eye, Montes-Michie's stitches suture histories and geographies; they establish thresholds for crossing; his needle hits rock.

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

107 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 x 22 cm

General Note:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Troy Montes-Michie: Rock of Eye" held February 16-September 4, 2022 at the California African-American Museum, Los Angeles.

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937434688602486

ISBN:

193822132X
9781938221323

OCLC Number:

1256542499

Barcode:

010003516129