Rock of eye
Subtitle: Troy Montes-Michie
By: with an interview by Brent Hayes Edwards ; essays by Andrea Andersson and Tina Campt ; and an afterword by Cameron Shaw
Contributors: Edwards, Brent Hayes, interviewer; Andersson, Andrea, contributor; Campt, Tina, 1964- contributor; Shaw, Cameron, contributor; California African-American Museum
Publisher: Siglio; Rivers Institute for Contemporary Art & Thought; California African American Museum
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Catskill, New York; [New Orleans]; Los Angeles
Language: eng
Number of pages: 107
ISBN-13: 9781938221323
Subjects: Exhibitions; Interviews; Artists' books; Specimens; African American men in art; Gay men in art; Male nude in art; ART / General
Other titles: Troy Montes-Michie :
Description: To tailor a garment by "rock of eye" is to rely on the drape on experience over mathematical measurement in the fitting process. It is a kind of drawing in space--a freehand, an intuition, a trust of materials. Rock of Eye, published on the occasion of Troy Montes-Michie's (born 1985) solo exhibition at the California African American Museum, is a collection of the artist's collages, drawings, and found and woven images sourced from vintage erotic magazines, French tailoring magazines, found photographs, and other materials. These materials are familiar from Montes-Michie's recent large-scale paintings and collages that center on the Black male body and his series that traces the social history and form of the zoot suit. Troy Montes-Michie was born in El Paso and his practice reflects his experience growing up along the US/Mexico border. This book is a study in ambiguity between portraiture and landscape; his are the cuts and folds of patterning and mapping. In Rock of Eye, Montes-Michie's stitches suture histories and geographies; they establish thresholds for crossing; his needle hits rock.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Troy Montes-Michie: Rock of Eye" held February 16-September 4, 2022 at the California African-American Museum, Los Angeles.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The alchemy of the border: Troy Montes-Michie in conversation with Brent Hayes Edwards; title: Troy Montes-Michie: Fashion notes / Andrea Andersson; title: Troy Montes-Michie: Visioning Black study / Tina Campt; title: After words on new beginnings / Cameron Shaw.