Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides (Hardcover)

Calida Rawles

ISBN 10: 163681140X / ISBN 13: 9781636811406

Published by Distributed Art Publishers, New York, 2024

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Hardcover. Rawles transcendent, hyperrealistic paintings of Black bodies in water reckon with the legacy of racial injusticePublished with Perez Art Museum Miami.Merging hyperrealism, poetic abstraction and the cultural and historical symbolisms of water, Los Angelesbased artist Calida Rawles (born 1976) creates unique portraits of Black bodies submerged in and interacting with bright, mysterious bodies of water. The water, itself a sort of character within the paintings, functions as an element that signifies both physical and spiritual healing, as well as historical trauma and racial exclusion.For her first solo museum show at the Perez Art Museum Miami, Rawles creates a bridge between her signature style and a story within Miamis history that is often ignored and obscured. She takes as her subject the residents of Overtown, a once prosperous Miami neighborhood dismantled by systemic racism and gentrification. For the first time, Rawles photographed her subjects submerged in water at the formerly segregated Virginia Key Beach. By taking photographs in situ, Rawles directly engages with the legacy of the Atlantic slave trade, the Jim Crowera south and Miamis own ecological history. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers, New York
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 163681140X
• ISBN 13: 9781636811406
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Rawles’ transcendent, hyperrealistic paintings of Black bodies in water reckon with the legacy of racial injustice

Published with Pérez Art Museum Miami.

Merging hyperrealism, poetic abstraction and the cultural and historical symbolisms of water, Los Angeles–based artist Calida Rawles (born 1976) creates unique portraits of Black bodies submerged in and interacting with bright, mysterious bodies of water. The water, itself a sort of character within the paintings, functions as an element that signifies both physical and spiritual healing, as well as historical trauma and racial exclusion.
For her first solo museum show at the Pérez Art Museum Miami, Rawles creates a bridge between her signature style and a story within Miami’s history that is often ignored and obscured. She takes as her subject the residents of Overtown, a once prosperous Miami neighborhood dismantled by systemic racism and gentrification. For the first time, Rawles photographed her subjects submerged in water at the formerly segregated Virginia Key Beach. By taking photographs in situ, Rawles directly engages with the legacy of the Atlantic slave trade, the Jim Crow–era south and Miami’s own ecological history.