{"product_id":"tau-lewis-tau-lewis-9781644231142","title":"Tau Lewis: Vox Populi, Vox Dei","description":"\u003cb\u003eTau Lewis's mythical sculptures create elaborate portals into fantastic worlds. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"At 52 Walker, artist Tau Lewis transmutes the lifeblood of scrap objects into something sanctified. . . . I'm reminded that an art gallery can also be a temple.\" --\u003ci\u003eNew York\u003c\/i\u003e magazine \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing her acclaimed presentation \u003ci\u003eDivine Giants Tribunal\u003c\/i\u003e at the 2022 Venice Biennale, Lewis has continued to create--from salvaged textiles and other found materials--anthropomorphic forms inspired by those in Yoruban mask dramas, which are spiritually activated by the wearer and the audience and, by extension, their community. Likewise referencing the work of the Nigerian playwright Wole Soyinka, classical Greek and Roman mythology and drama, science fiction, and angelology, Lewis develops her characters' identities and narratives in an intermediary world that implicates our ancestral pasts, spiritual and cultural similitudes, and multiplanar existences. Documenting and expanding on Lewis's body of work shown at her 52 Walker exhibition \u003ci\u003eVox Populi, Vox Dei\u003c\/i\u003e, this catalogue contextualizes the artist's investigations and expressions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePoetry by the multidisciplinary artist and activist Yves B. Golden complements Lewis's otherworldly motifs. With a curator's note by Ebony L. Haynes, this publication also features an essay by Tiana Reid that explores Lewis's practice, drawing connections between sources that range from Joy James to Frederick Douglass.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tau Lewis, Ebony L. Haynes, Tiana Reid\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 164423114X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644231142\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e David Zwirner Books\/52 Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.01lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.82w x 0.43d","brand":"Tau Lewis","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44129263026431,"sku":"9781644231142","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7feb7263-af26-4684-b333-d8bd16bdd0aa.jpg?v=1687462937","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tau-lewis-tau-lewis-9781644231142","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}