{"product_id":"clarion-vol-5-tau-lewis-vox-populi-vox-dei","title":"Clarion Vol. 5: Tau Lewis: Vox Populi, Vox Dei","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCurator’s note by Ebony L. Haynes. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eText by Tiana Reid. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePoem by Yves B. Golden\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eTau Lewis’s mythical sculptures create elaborate portals into fantastic worlds. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\" dir=\"ltr\"\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.” —\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNew York\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003emagazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFollowing her acclaimed presentation\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDivine Giants Tribunal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eat 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\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVox Populi, Vox Dei\u003c\/em\u003e, this catalogue contextualizes the artist’s investigations and expressions.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"52 Walker","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44066654224624,"sku":"9781644231142","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/0361\/4448\/files\/2023Lewis_001.jpg?v=1697048131","url":"https:\/\/cart.52walker.com\/products\/clarion-vol-5-tau-lewis-vox-populi-vox-dei","provider":"52 Walker","version":"1.0","type":"link"}