Vincent Valdez: In Memory
My aim is to incite public remembrance and to impede distorted realities that I witness, like the social amnesia that surrounds us all.
– Vincent Valdez
Vincent Valdez blends large, representational paintings—the scale of which recall Western traditions of history painting as well as mural painting and cinema—with contemporary subject matter. In Memory is the first book-length study of the artist’s work, which focuses on subjects that explore his observations and experience of life in the twenty-first century. The results are powerful images of American identity that confront injustice and inequity while imbuing his subjects with empathy and humanity. Recognized for his monumental portrayal of the contemporary figure, his drawn and painted subjects remark on a universal struggle within various socio-political arenas and eras.
My aim is to incite public remembrance and to impede distorted realities that I witness, like the social amnesia that surrounds us all.
– Vincent Valdez
Vincent Valdez blends large, representational paintings—the scale of which recall Western traditions of history painting as well as mural painting and cinema—with contemporary subject matter. In Memory is the first book-length study of the artist’s work, which focuses on subjects that explore his observations and experience of life in the twenty-first century. The results are powerful images of American identity that confront injustice and inequity while imbuing his subjects with empathy and humanity. Recognized for his monumental portrayal of the contemporary figure, his drawn and painted subjects remark on a universal struggle within various socio-political arenas and eras.
My aim is to incite public remembrance and to impede distorted realities that I witness, like the social amnesia that surrounds us all.
– Vincent Valdez
Vincent Valdez blends large, representational paintings—the scale of which recall Western traditions of history painting as well as mural painting and cinema—with contemporary subject matter. In Memory is the first book-length study of the artist’s work, which focuses on subjects that explore his observations and experience of life in the twenty-first century. The results are powerful images of American identity that confront injustice and inequity while imbuing his subjects with empathy and humanity. Recognized for his monumental portrayal of the contemporary figure, his drawn and painted subjects remark on a universal struggle within various socio-political arenas and eras.
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Artwork by Vincent Valdez
Texts by Denise Markonish and Rufus Wainwright
Conversation with Roberto TejadaHardcover
10.25 x 12.25 inches
184 pages / 80 images
Trade ISBN: 9781955161084
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Vincent Valdez was born in 1977 in San Antonio, Texas. He received a full scholarship to study at the Rhode Island School of Design and earned his BFA in 2000. A recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant for Painters and Sculptors (2016), as well as residencies at the Skowhegan School of Painting (2005), the Vermont Studio Center (2011), and the Kunstlerhaus Bethania Berlin Residency (2014). Valdez currently lives and works in Houston. Exhibitions and Collections include: The Ford Foundation, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, MASS MoCA, The Museum of Fine Arts Houston, The Smithsonian Museum of American Art, and The National Portrait Gallery, among others. He is represented by Matthew Brown Los Angeles.