David Byrd

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Hatje Cantz
12 August 2020

A poignant look into the psychological depths of the human mind-its possibilities and fragility. This is the impressive and sensitive legacy of the painter David Byrd. The artist joined the army during World War II and later worked as an orderly in the psychiatric ward of a Veterans hospital in Upstate New York. From 1958 to 1988, Byrd's keen observation of this world, filled with the crowded histories of its troubled patients, was recorded in the artist's sketchbook. This publication is a replica of the deeply personal, creative, and revelationary journal examining the human experience and its potential for pain and alienation on the fringe. Byrd's work was not publicly exhibited until 2013, only a few months before his death-an omission that seems absurd in the face of such a powerful output of artwork expressing the artist's perspective as a veteran himself and his empathy toward those living with psychological trauma.

Imprint: Hatje Cantz
Country of Publication: Germany
Weight: 1.120kg
ISBN: 9783775747264
ISBN 10: 3775747265
Pages: 220
Publication Date: 12 August 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

DAVID BYRD (1926-2013) was an American painter. After serving in World War II he studied at the Ozenfant School of Fine Arts. Rarely seen during his lifetime, his art was deeply shaped by his experience as an orderly working in the psychiatric ward at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Hospital in Montrose, New York.

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To call it a sketchbook doesn't begin to do justice to Byrd's draftsmanship, or to the otherworldly quality he brings to rendering his patients' inner lives on the page.--Brett Sokol New York Times

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