Tau Lewis

Book

Tau Lewis / Edited by Jeffrey De Blois.

Lewis, Tau, 1993- (Author). De Blois, Jeffrey, (editor,, writer of supplementary textual content.). Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, Mass.), (host institution.).

Summary:

"This is the first monograph dedicated to the sculptural practice of the Canadian artist Tau Lewis (born 1993). Lewis transforms found materials into intricate soft sculptures, quilts, masks and other assemblages through intensive processes such as hand sewing and carving. A self-taught artist, Lewis' practice is directed at healing personal, collective and historical traumas through the repetitive forms of creative labor she employs. She forages for materials charged with meaning--old clothing and photographs, as well as driftwood and seashells--which she often collects from her surroundings in Toronto, New York or outside her family's home in Negril, Jamaica. Lewis' upcycling relates to forms of material inventiveness practiced by diasporic communities, wherein working with objects close at hand is a reparative act to reclaim agency. Throughout, Lewis' interest lies in honoring and advancing these diasporic traditions and exploring, as she has said, "the transference of energy and emotion that occurs when an object is made by hand."" --Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 1636811434
ISBN: 9781636811437
Physical Description: 79 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : The Institute of Contemporary Art ; [2024]
Copyright: ©2024.

Content descriptions

General Note:: Published on the occasion of an exhibition at The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, August 29, 2024-January 20, 2025.
Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:: Director's Foreword / Jill Medvedow -- Please remember your smallness / Jeffrey De Blois -- In conversation: Lonnie Holley and Tau Lewis / moderated by Jeffrey De Blois -- Biography.