William Rand: Four Decades
William Rand: Four Decades
Panel Discussion and Publication Party
With Rand and panelists Anthony Gaskin, Maynard Monrow, and Sur Rodney (Sur).
In William Rand’s paintings, for example, one must look to the shadows for information. In fact this oeuvre is a meditation on darkness: a painting in the shade. —Rene Ricard, Les Leçons des Ténèbres, 1989. Hotel Chelsea
Howl! Happening is pleased to host a panel discussion in honor of William Rand Four Decades, the artist’s monograph chronicling his prolific career. Encompassing four decades of work, with poetry by Rand as well as essays penned by his close friends, the late critic Rene Ricard, and Suzette McAvoy, director and curator of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art.
A marvelous raconteur, brilliant draftsman, and sharp-eyed, searing documentarian, Rand’s grand-scale black and white paintings chronicle his life and our times. Drawn from eclectic sources—art history, geopolitics, literature, sports, nature, pop culture, current events—his imagery seduces with its intoxicating mix of beauty and decadence, highbrow and lowbrow.
We want to be at this party. —Suzette McAvoy, Director, Center for Maine Contemporary Art
Contributors include: Dennis Adamo, Anthony Gaskin, Jeffrey Goldberg, Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Silvia Silveira Laguna, Felix Leiro, Philip M. Isaacson, Suzette McAvoy, Taylor Mead, Maynard Monrow, Inés Lopéz-Quesada, William Baker Rand, Rene Ricard, Earle G. Shettleworth Jr., Bill Stelling, and Haynes Sprunt Tate.
William Baker Rand Four Decades
Essay by Rene Ricard, Osprey Publishing, 2018
128 pages, case bound, 6-color plates throughout, 11 x 11”
Covering four decades of the artist’s work in Maine, New York, East Berlin, and Spain, the large black-and-white paintings, and large, often sexualized figures of this monograph engage with historical vertigo.
Inset image: The Guest Mooring, 2017 © 2018 William Rand/ARS NY
