Michael Ray Charles Exhibition Catalogue

Michael Ray Charles Exhibition Catalogue

Rigsby Design, Houston, Texas, 1996

Description

This commemorative package introduces the work of Michael Ray Charles, whose provocative, highly charged paintings explore racist stereotypes and pop-culture black symbolism. The paintings are reproduced in a poster-size brochure; a smaller “textbook” illuminates the work with essays by filmmaker Spike Lee and historian Marilyn Kern-Foxworth. Perforated puzzle pieces, voyeuristic die-cuts, and a sealed cover that has to be cut or torn makes interaction with the work inescapable.

Collections: 50 Books | 50 Covers of 1996
Repository: Denver Art Museum
Discipline: Book design
Format: Book

Credits

Design firm
Rigsby Design
Art director
Lana Rigsby
Designers
Amy Wolpert, Lana Rigsby
Illustrator
Michael Ray Charles
Photographers
Patrick Demarchelier, Sharon Seligman
Author
Marilyn Kern-Foxworth
Typefaces
Franklin Gothic, Roughhouse
Printer
H. MacDonald Printing
Paper
Simpson Starwhite Vicksburg Tiara
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