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Mystic Parallax
Erizku Awol
- Aperture (Ingram)
- by Foreword by Ishmael Reed, Essays by Ashley James and Doreen St. Félix
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| Publisher | Aperture (Ingram) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781597115469 |
| Author(s) | Foreword by Ishmael Reed, Essays by Ashley James and Doreen St. Félix |
| Publication date | June 2023 |
| Edition | Hardback |
| Dimensions | 305 x 241 mm |
| Illustrations | 200 col.ill. |
| Pages | 280 |
| Language(s) | English ed. |
Description
Mystic Parallax is the first major monograph by rising interdisciplinary artist Awol Erizku.
Working across photography, film, video, painting, and installation, his work references and re-imagines African American and African visual culture, from hip-hop vernacular to Nefertiti, while nodding to traditions of spirituality and Surrealism. This comprehensive monograph spans Erizku’s career, blending his studio practice with his work as an in-demand editorial photographer working regularly for the New Yorker, New York magazine, Time, and GQ, among others, and features his conceptual portraits of Black cultural icons, such as Beyoncé, Amanda Gorman, and Michael B. Jordan. As Erizku recently told the New York Times, “It’s important for me to create confident, powerful, downright regal images of Black people.”
Featuring essays by critically acclaimed author Ishmael Reed, curator Ashley James, and writer Doreen St. Felix, and an interview with the artist by Urs Fischer, Mystic Parallax is a luminous and arresting testament to the artist’s tremendous power and originality.