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The Art of D.E. May

by Linda Tesner
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Book cover type: Hardcover
  • ISBN13: 9781930957909
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Hallie Ford Museum of Art
  • Publisher Imprint: Hallie Ford Museum of Art
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  • Pages: 208
  • Original Price: USD 45.0
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 1384 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Individual Artists / Monographs

Among the most enigmatic of Oregon's artists was D. E. May (1952-2019), who lived most of his life in Salem--or, as he affectionately called his hometown, "Islandsalem." May's imagery was based in geometric language that favors graphs, templates, boat forms, and constructivist compositions, while his choice of materials consisted of cardboard cast-offs and stray discarded paper, often collected off the street and weathered by Salem drizzle. From this found ephemera and bits of wood, May created a prodigious body of work that included collages, drawings, paintings, sculpture, and mail art.

May was himself a contradiction: humble, yet uncommonly sophisticated. His creative process was informed by all manner of visual culture--he studied magazines and monographs at the Salem Public Library and developed a deep knowledge of television and film history--along with a passion for all forms of music. May's social life centered on a circle of friends and the nighttime patrons of Pete's Place and other local watering holes. With an informative and insightful essay by curator and art historian Linda Tesner and abundant plates of May's art work, The Art of D. E. May serves as a magisterial tribute to a singular artist.

Linda Tesner is an independent curator and writer in Portland, Oregon. She served as the director and curator at the Ronna and Eric Hoffman Gallery of Contemporary Art at Lewis & Clark College for two decades and was formerly the assistant director of the Portland Art Museum and the director of the Maryhill Museum of Art. She received her BA from the University of Oregon and her MA from Ohio State University in the history of art.

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