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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Tavares Strachan

Tavares Strachan

Robecchi, Michele
Delahunty, Gavin
Dabiri, Emma

Paperback

Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists

Caribbean, Latin American & South American ArtGeneral ArtIndividual Artists

Publisher Price: $54.95

ISBN10: 1837290237
ISBN13: 9781837290239
Publisher: Phaidon Press
Published: Jun 30 2026
Pages: 160
Weight: 2.20
Height: 0.60 Width: 9.90 Depth: 11.30
Language: English
The first comprehensive monograph on groundbreaking neo-conceptual artist Tavares Strachan, whose diverse practice speaks powerfully to today's cultural climate

Tavares Strachan is arguably one of the most important artists working today. His open-ended practice offers distinctive points of view on a broad range of urgent social and political themes: archaeology, history, geography, music, science, and extreme climatology are only a few of the subjects he has explored to create allegorical exhibitions that tell of colonialism and cultural displacement, human aspiration, mortal limitation, and the space race.

Strachan's extensively researched projects are often monumental in scale and scope. Created in collaboration with thought leaders and organizations across a wide spectrum of fields, his projects are also expansive in reach - The First Supper, Strachan's massive sculpture at London's Royal Academy, was one of the most popular art pieces exhibited in 2024.

In his birthplace Nassau, Strachan established the scientific research platform BASEC (Bahamas Aerospace and Sea Exploration Center). In 2018, in collaboration with LACMA, Strachan launched ENOCH, a 3-U satellite bringing to light the forgotten story of Robert Henry Lawrence Jr., the first Black astronaut to be selected for any national space program. ENOCH circled the earth for three years in a sun-synchronous orbit before re-entering on December 2021.

This timely monograph, created in close collaboration with the artist, reveals the breadth and impact of Strachan's work. Part of Phaidon's acclaimed Contemporary Artists Series, the book includes a conversation with Strachan; text contributions from writers and experts including Emma Dabiri, Gavin Delahunty, and Michele Robecchi; a studio visit with specially commissioned photography; and a comprehensive chronology of Strachan's career.

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