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OverviewSwazi craft meets digital photography in Kyle Meyer's astounding woven photos of a silenced LGBTQ community Kyle Meyer (born 1985) has worked between eSwatini (formerly Swaziland) and New York City since 2009, creating richly tactile artworks as conceptually complex as they are visually lush. In this debut monograph, Meyer's portraits from his Interwoven series fuse digital photography with traditional Swazi crafts, giving voice to silenced members of the LGBTQ community. Tension between the necessity of the individuals to hide their queerness for basic survival and their desire to express themselves openly inform both the subject and the means of fabricating Meyer's unique works. Each piece from the Interwoven series is labor-intensive, taking days or sometimes weeks to complete. Meyer often photographs his subjects wearing a traditional headwrap made from a vibrantly colored textile. He then produces a print of the portrait and shreds it, together with the fabric from the headwrap, weaving the strips into patterned three-dimensional works. The final portrait presents each person's individuality while using the fabric as a screen to protect their identity. Included in each copy of this book is a unique piece of fabric torn from the remnants of the Interwoven project, intended to serve as a bookmark. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Kyle Meyer , Andy CampbellPublisher: Radius Books Imprint: Radius Books Dimensions: Width: 28.20cm , Height: 3.60cm , Length: 34.50cm Weight: 2.359kg ISBN: 9781942185680ISBN 10: 1942185685 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 09 June 2020 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAs much as I like an all typographic cover, I am equally impressed by a photographic cover that captures my attention. The interior, with bookmark, demonstrates the attention to detail inherent in the artist's work.--Jennifer Morla AIGA 50 Books 50 Covers Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |