{"product_id":"noah-davis-9781644230374","title":"Noah Davis","description":"\u003cb\u003eProviding a crucial record of the painter Noah Davis's extraordinary oeuvre, this monograph tells the story of a brilliant artist and cultural force through the eyes of his friends and collaborators. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDespite his exceedingly premature death at the age of 32, Davis's paintings have deeply influenced the rise of figurative and representational painting in the twenty-first century. Davis's emotionally charged work places him firmly in the canon of great American painting. Stirring, elusive, and attuned to the history of painting, his compositions infuse scenes from everyday life with a magical realist atmosphere and contain traces of his abiding interest in artists such as Marlene Dumas, Kerry James Marshall, Fairfield Porter, and Luc Tuymans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This catalogue is born of the unique relationship between Davis and Helen Molesworth, whom Davis entrusted to be the curator of his work. It is published on the occasion of the 2020 exhibition at David Zwirner, New York, which travels to The Underground Museum in Los Angeles, a space that Davis founded with his wife, artist Karon Davis. In her introduction, catalogue essay, and interviews with important figures in Davis's life, Molesworth shows how the artist's generosity and sense of responsibility galvanized a uniquely supportive artistic community, culture, and vision. Together with color illustrations and archival photographs, the book features heartfelt testimonials that unfold in the intimate yet expansive spirit of studio visits with people close to him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmerican artist \u003cb\u003eNoah Davis\u003c\/b\u003e's (1983-2015) body of work encompasses, on the one hand, his lush, sensual figurative paintings and, on the other, an ambitious institutional project called The Underground Museum, a black-owned-and-operated art space dedicated to the exhibition of museum-quality art in a culturally underserved African American and Latinx neighborhood in Los Angeles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHelen Molesworth\u003c\/b\u003e is a Los Angeles-based writer, podcaster, and curator. Her major museum exhibitions include: \u003ci\u003eLeap Before You Look: Black Mountain College 1933-1957\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThis Will Have Been: Art, Love, and Politics in the 1980s\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eWork Ethic\u003c\/i\u003e. She has organized monographic exhibitions of Ruth Asawa, Moyra Davey, Noah Davis, Louise Lawler, Steve Locke, Kerry James Marshall, Catherine Opie, and Luc Tuymans. She is the author of numerous catalogue essays and her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eArtforum\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArt Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDocuments\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOctober\u003c\/i\u003e. The recipient of the 2011 Bard Center for Curatorial Studies Award for Curatorial Excellence, in 2021 she received a Guggenheim Fellowship and in 2022 she was awarded The Clark Art Writing Prize.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"David Zwirner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50671343075602,"sku":"9781644230374","price":53.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9878c7de-6c6d-45b6-9add-40c469a60945.jpg?v=1733798816","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/noah-davis-9781644230374","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}