Love Song
Love Song
Date
2016
Edition Size
14
Media
Silkscreen
Binding
Hand-sewn
Format
Artist Book
Collection
Limited Edition Artists Books$ 2,800.00
2 in stock
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Bainbridge Island Museum of Art
School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts
St. Olaf College
Stanford University
University of Colorado at Boulder
Walker Art Center
Love Song is a complexly layered silkscreened artist book with a handsewn cover. The text and rich imagery explore and critique the heterosexual, monogamous, and eroticized underpinnings of the concept of love, starkly juxtaposing romantic sentiments with commodification. Mike Taylor layers pop culture love song crooners such as Justin Bieber and the Supremes with historical figures depicting love, such as Degas, 16th-century religious paintings, and ancient Mesopotamia, exploring the constructed concept of love.