Troy Montes-Michie

Rock of Eye

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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. Including essays by Tina Campt and editor Andrea Andersson, with an interview by Brent Edwards, Rock of Eye is a tactile and sensuous artist’s book recalling the form of fabric swatch books and affirming that collage is an art of selection.

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    • we web keepers: a bookshelf by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

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    • An Alphabetical Accumulation of Approximate Observations

             

      Kameelah Janan Rasheed

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $45.00

    • The Foot

             

      Peter Schumann

             

      Books

              $125.00

    • Slow Down Fast, A Toda Raja

             

      Cecilia Vicuña and Camila Marambio

             

      Books / Monographs

              $12.00

    • An Artist

             

      Malena Pizani

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $15.00

    • Glitch Feminism

             

      Legacy Russell

             

      Books / Monographs

              $14.00

    • Carrier Bag Fiction

             

      Mathias Zeiske and Sarah Shin

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $15.00

    • slow and soft and righteous, improvising at the end of the world (and how we make a new one)

             

      sonia louise davis

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $12.00

    • Mobile Print Power

             

      Louise Barry, Lani Hanna, Charlie Morgan, Vero Ordaz and Patrick Rowe

             

      Books / Catalogs

              $12.00

    • Experiments in Joy: A Workbook

             

      Gabrielle Civil

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $10.00

    • Sanctuary Posters

                              OUT OF STOCK

    • A Collective Survival Archive

             

      Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

             

      Posters / Prints

              $25.00

    • Slow Looking: These Views Are Our Tools

             

      Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $15.00

    • We Are All Speaking at the Same Time

             

      Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $40.00

    • Love to Black Bodies Always

             

      Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

             

      Editions / Prints

              $40.00

    • resting reader

             

      Paul Soulellis

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $20.00

    • There Are Black People In The Future [Regular Edition]

             

      Alisha B. Wormsley and nan collymore

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $40.00

    • Jazz Glossary

             

      BlackMass Publishing

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $15.00

    • The Odd Years

             

      Morgan Bassichis

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $30.00

    • Endless Braid

             

      Nontsikelelo Mutiti

             

      Editions / Prints

              $50.00

    • Rock of Eye

             

      Troy Montes-Michie

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $45.00

    • Mobile Messages

             

      Nicole Killian

             

      Editions / Multiples

              $65.00

    • Black Body Amnesia: Poems and Other Speech Acts

             

      Jaamil Olawale Kosoko

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $30.00

    • constellations for innerlight projections

             

      Yusuf Hassan

             

      Books / Artists’ Books

              $25.00

    A selection of books by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo to accompany their window exhibition at Printed Matter / St Marks, we web keepers, plus works by the artist including a new print.

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    we web keepers: a bookshelf by Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo



    1. Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

      A Collective Survival Archive
      South Portland, Maine, U.S.: Childish Books, 2022
      $25.00
    2. Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

      Slow Looking: These Views Are Our Tools
      South Portland, ME: Childish Books, 2021
      200
      Out of stock
    3. Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

      We Are All Speaking at the Same Time
      New York, NY: Endless Editions, 2020
      Out of stock
    4. Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo

      Love to Black Bodies Always
      New York, Baltimore, Los Angeles, NY, MD, CA: Printed Matter Inc. and Press Press, 2020
      50
      $40.00
    5. Paul Soulellis

      resting reader
      Providence, RI: Queer.Archive.Work, 2022
      100
      Out of stock
    6. Alisha B. Wormsley and nan collymore

      There Are Black People In The Future [Regular Edition]
      New York, NY: L’habillement, 2021
      100
      $40.00
    7. BlackMass Publishing

      Jazz Glossary
      New York, NY: BlackMass Publishing, 2022
      Out of stock
    8. Morgan Bassichis

      The Odd Years
      Brooklyn, NY: Wendy's Subway, 2020
      500
      Out of stock
    9. Nontsikelelo Mutiti

      Endless Braid
      N. Mutiti
      12
      $50.00
    10. Troy Montes-Michie

      Rock of Eye
      Los Angeles, CA: Siglio Press, Rivers Institute and CAAM, 2021
      Out of stock
    11. Nicole Killian

      Mobile Messages
      Richmond, VA: Nico Fontana, 2019
      $65.00
    12. Jaamil Olawale Kosoko

      Black Body Amnesia: Poems and Other Speech Acts
      Brooklyn, NY: Wendy's Subway, 2022
      500
      Out of stock
    13. Yusuf Hassan

      constellations for innerlight projections
      New York, NY: Printed Matter Inc., 2022
      400
      $25.00
    14. Kameelah Janan Rasheed

      An Alphabetical Accumulation of Approximate Observations
      New York, NY: Endless Editions, 2019
      Out of stock

    15. Sanctuary Posters
      Press Press, 2020
    16. Peter Schumann

      The Foot
      Glover, VT: Bread & Puppet Press, 2002
      125
      $125.00
    17. Cecilia Vicuña and Camila Marambio

      Slow Down Fast, A Toda Raja
      Berlin, Germany: Errant Bodies Press, 2019
      Out of stock
    18. Malena Pizani

      An Artist
      Mexico City, Mexico: Gato Negro, 2017
      $15.00
    19. Legacy Russell

      Glitch Feminism
      London / Brooklyn, UK / NY: Verso Books, 2020
      Out of stock
    20. Mathias Zeiske and Sarah Shin

      Carrier Bag Fiction
      Leipzig, Germany: Spector Books, 2022
      Out of stock
    21. sonia louise davis

      slow and soft and righteous, improvising at the end of the world (and how we make a new one)
      Los Angeles, CA: CO-Conspirator Press and Women's Center for Creative Work, 2021
      500
      Out of stock
    22. Louise Barry, Lani Hanna, Charlie Morgan, Vero Ordaz and Patrick Rowe

      Mobile Print Power
      New York, NY: Interference Archive, 2016
      $12.00
    23. Gabrielle Civil

      Experiments in Joy: A Workbook
      Los Angeles, CA: CO-Conspirator Press and Women's Center for Creative Work, 2019
      300
      Out of stock
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