Trenton doyle hancock is a contemporary africanamerican mixedmedia artist. Trenton doyle hancock artists usf graphicstudio institute for. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Skin and bones, 20 years of drawing will be accompanied by a significant monograph of the artists drawings and works on paper. The toys, comic books, horror films, and super heroes houstonbased trenton doyle hancock loved as a child have fueled a singular artistic practice centered around imaginative characters mounds and vegans and a mythological universe of his own making. Trenton doyle hancock grew up in paris, texas, to a family of evangelical baptist ministers and missionaries. One of the youngest artists ever included in the whitney museum of american arts biennial exhibition in both 2000 and 2002, trenton doyle hancock, 33, incorporates comic book and surreal themes. Using painting, printmaking, video, and sculpture, he melds comic bookstyle illustrations and mass media, through darkly humorous and frenzied compositions.
Summary note trenton doyle hancock has transformed his childhood love of comic books, toys, and superhero culture into his own creation myth. See more ideas about trenton doyle hancock, mixed media canvas and blanton museum. Trenton doyle hancock s latest offering at mass moca is a weirdo wonderland thats as frightening as it is inspiring. Trenton doyle hancock prestel publishing, books on art. Boy, who wears his tightywhities over his spandex superhero getup. Trenton doyle hancock is known for taking risks in his art, and has stated that he is typically the most interested in his art when he feels he has done something daring with it. Oct 18, 2019 supplementing his religious upbringing with comic books and greek mythology, at the age of 10 he invented torpedo boy an alter ego superhero he still uses today. I made a mound city in miami dade county is made possible, in part, through generous support from the 21 st anniversary benefit donor fund. Texas artist trenton doyle hancock builds a world in. Hancock is known for his visual work that focuses on the mounds and the vegans, two forces that are constantly dueling with one another and serve as a representation of the eternal battle between good and evil. Over the years, hancock has drawn upon a vast array of sourcescomic books r. In hancock s vision, this primal conflict is a war between vegans and meateating mounds, with the artist drawing inspiration from a. Hancock comic, hancock was a selfish hero until he was.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. For almost two decades, trenton doyle hancock has been constructing fantastical narratives of the battle between good and evil. The biography also written by the artist is fragmented and contained in 10 different perforated trading cards which are part of a larger group that, when removed from the book, make a larger image of. Peek into trenton doyle hancock s moundverse at locust projects.
That mythology and the fascinating, multimedia iterations that it has. For the past 12 years or so, trenton doyle hancock has explored an invented mythological world through paintings and prints, sculptures and installations. Trenton doyle hancock studio musuem in harlem artnet news. Trenton doyle hancock s artwork draws from the history of art, but he also looks to comic. Stanford libraries official online search tool for books, media, journals, databases, government documents and more.
Epic in scope, the work of trenton doyle hancock illustrates a narrative of the battle between good and evil. Building 5 at mass mocaa gallery that is 16,500 square feet and double height, with a string of clerestory windows, brick walls, and raftered ceilings signaling the buildings former life as a factoryis a blessing and a curse. Watch artist trenton doyle hancock render his superhero alter ego. Trenton doyle hancock,coloration coronation, acrylic and mixed media on canvas, 90 x 2 in. Jul 19, 2019 it is a comicbook world with two forces the mounds and the vegans and heroic figures like torpedo boy an alterego for hancock conceived when he was a child and many others.
Hancock pursues his singular vision and distinctive means of storytelling across a variety of media, including painting, collage, sculpture, print and the performing arts. Accompanied by images of his paintings, drawings, and installations alongside pictures. Pandemic pentameter trenton doyle hancock exhibitions. Using painting, printmaking, video, and sculpture, he melds comic book style illustrations and mass media, through darkly humorous and frenzied compositions. Ganeshs original comic book premiered in india in 1967 and was intended to teach children traditional historical and religious stories. Me a mound contains a brief biography as well as an indepth look at trenton doyle hancock s narrative work all written by the artist himself, there are no essays by art historians or curators. Trenton doyle hancock uses 80s kid culture and an expansive fantasy world to explore identity, racial politics and growing up fundamentalist christian. Courtesy of the artist and james cohan, new york the department of art and art history at the university of texas at austin is pleased to welcome artist trenton doyle hancock as the spring 2018 visiting chair in fine and performing arts at the university of texas at austins department of art and art. Supplementing his religious upbringing with comic books and greek mythology, at the age of 10 he invented torpedo boy an alter egosuperhero he still uses. Critical mass, mass moca, north adams, massachusetts, through 2019. George condo, renee cox, liz craft, kota ezawa, chitra ganesh, mark thomas gibson, trenton doyle hancock, christian marclay, kerry james marshall, takahasi murakami, elizabeth murray, yoshitomo nara. Trenton doyle hancock was born in 1974 in oklahoma city.
Trenton doyle hancock to join ut austin department of art and. Trenton doyle hancock has transformed his childhood love of comic books, toys, and superhero. Golden 19381950, silver 19561970, bronze 19701985 and modern 1985the present. May 18, 2017 comic book fans and collectors divide the last 80 years of the publication of superhero comic books into four ages. Trenton doyle hancock princeton university library catalog. I first encountered hancock when he gave a lecture at the university of houston, where he came off as an honest, awkward, and articulate comic book nerd. The toys, comic books, horror films, and super heroes houstonbased trenton doyle hancock loved as a child have fueled a singular artistic practice centered. His exuberant and subversive narratives employ a variety of cultural tropes, ranging in tone from comicstrip superhero battles to medieval morality plays and. Unfortunately, the original series reinforced the caste system with its attendant issues of race and gender. Meaning, that they took bits and pieces from other super heroes and decided to mix and match to create a new character for will smith. F or twenty years trenton doyle hancock has gained international renown for his paintings, which fuse cartoonstyle drawing and abstract expressionism, creating a fantastical world populated by. Compared to so many other exhibitions around the world about comic books, this original and unconventional take soars beyond just superheroes. Working in various media, including painting, sculpture, collage, and performance, he weaves an ongoing narrative that reinterprets a mythical subject. In the blestian room trenton doyle hancock exhibitions.
Jun 15, 2008 its kind of a composite character made up as an original character just for the movie. See the twisted and delightful world of artist trenton. Trenton doyle hancock born 1974, oklahoma city, ok lives and works in houston, tx. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. Trenton doyle hancock at locust projects meet the artist.
For almost two decades, trenton doyle hancock has been constructing his own fantastical narrative that continues to develop and inform his prolific artistic output. Trenton doyle hancock in his houston studio with his torpedo boy prototype action figure. Locust projects presents a new installation by trenton doyle hancock in its store front and main gallery this fall. A colorwielding goddess, contemporary takes on confessions and paintings left out in nature undom endgle and the souls journey sculpture, 2018, by trenton doyle hancock, at. I used his selfportrait on the front and back of the dust jacket and a removable cloth patch fills in the diecut. Massachusetts museum of contemporary art, trenton doyle hancock has transformed his childhood love of comic books, toys, and superhero culture into his own creation myth. Hancock tells the story of the mounds gentle hybrid plantlike creatures protected by torpedo boy, and their enemies, the vegans mutants who. Supplementing his religious upbringing with comic books and greek mythology, at the age of 10 he invented torpedo boy an alter ego superhero he still uses today. Critical mass to get acquainted with trenton doyle hancocks workor, better yet, his worldis to become versant in an origin story that the artist first conceived of when he was in the fourth grade. Trenton doyle hancock artist bio and art for sale artspace. Trentons intricate and whimsical drawings, prints, and collagefelt paintings hold powerful undertones and themes. Biography since the early 21st century, trenton doyle hancock has been merging comic book narratives and abstraction in his vibrant, dizzyingly detailed prints, drawings, and mixedmedia paintings, in which he explores the struggles within himself and in our world.
The character has become the center of a complicated cosmos hancock has developed obsessively for more than 30 years. In an interview back in 2003 as part of art21s stories series, hancock explained the genesis of torpedo boy, a superhero he invented at age 10 who is tasked with protecting the mounds. Museum boijmans van beuningen rotterdam, netherlands, best known for his exuberant paintings centered around semitragic fictional characters called the mounds, trenton boyle hancock born 1974 is also a prolific draftsman. When trenton doyle hancock was 10 years old, he made up a superhero. Hancock has transformed his childhood love of comic books, toys, and superhero culture into his own creation myth. Texas artist trenton doyle hancock builds a world in massive. Since the early 21st century, trenton doyle hancock has been merging comic book narratives and abstraction in his vibrant, dizzyingly detailed prints, drawings, and mixedmedia paintings, in which he explores the struggles within himself and in our world. See more ideas about trenton doyle hancock, artist and art. Part fictional, part autobiographical, hancock s work pulls from his own personal experience, art historical canon, comics and superheroes, pulp fiction, and myriad pop culture references, resulting in a complex amalgamation of characters and plots possessing universal concepts of light and dark, good and evil, and all the grey in between.
For nearly two decades, hancock has been one of the most prominent visual artists in. All these things are coming together to form this new thing for me. That mythology and the fascinating, multimedia iterations that it has sparked are told in this captivating and revealing book. The artist says torpedo boy is kind of my alter ego he. Locust projects is pleased to present i made a mound city in miami dade county, artist trenton doyle hancock s first largescale solo exhibition since his major survey, mind of the mound. Friday, october 21, 68 pm james cohan is pleased to present pandemic pentameter, trenton doyle hancock. Jul 12, 2019 trenton doyle hancock has created a world of characters through drawings, paintings, and installations and this field guide immerses readers in his creative process and inspirations. Will smith stars as hancock, a downandout superhero whos forced to employ a public relations expert to help repair his image recently, hancock has turned more inward, producing autobiographical works featuring himself as the since the early 21st century, trenton doyle hancock has been merging comic book narratives. Critical mass, at mass moca in march 2019 supplementing his religious upbringing with comic books and greek. Supplementing his religious upbringing with comic books and greek mythology, at the age of 10 trenton doyle hancock invented torpedo boy an alter ego superhero he still uses today.
Dec 03, 2012 for the past 12 years or so, trenton doyle hancock has explored an invented mythological world through paintings and prints, sculptures and installations. Hancock makes prints, videos, drawings, sculptures, individual performances, and collaged felt paintings. Supplementing his religious upbringing with comic books and greek mythology, at the age of 10 he invented torpedo boy an alter egosuperhero he still uses today. In his boisterous mythologies, villanious vegans do battle with goodguy, meateating mutants, and torpedo boy a superhero that hancock, now forty, first drew in the fourth gradeswoops in to save the day. Trenton doyle hancock discusses his works relation to language and storytelling, and how he came to use of trash in his collaged pieces. Trenton doyle hancock has transformed his childhood love of comic books, toys, and superhero culture into his own creation myth.
September 6, 2014 january 4, 2015 in the karl and bertl arnstein galleries of the akron art museum. Ab ex meets zap comics in the wild imagination of trenton doyle hancock. Trenton doyle hancock has created a world of characters through drawings, paintings, and installations and this field guide immerses readers in his creative process and inspirations. His influences include comics, graphic novels, cartoons, music, and film. The team initially planned to distribute print copies of the compilation on free comic book day, which was to have been.
Over the past three decades, hancock has been building out. As a precocious ten yearold, hancock drew me turning into torpedoboy. He drew inspiration from comic books, childrens toys, the bible, and popular culture. Mar 31, 2015 rage, obsession, and sexual misadventure dominate at trenton doyle hancocks studio museum survey in hancocks alternative art universe, the biggest villains are vegans.
Using comic books, films, and cartoons as sources of inspiration, trenton doyle hancock is also inspired by words. His narratives employ a variety of cultural tropes, ranging in tone from comicstrip superhero battles to medieval morality plays and. He often uses elisionsthe omission of a sound or syllablewith grandparents, parents, or siblings names. Feb 24, 2015 ab ex meets zap comics in the wild imagination of trenton doyle hancock. Oliver, valerie cassel, anderson, brooke, hancock, trenton doyle, panter, gary, zinn, betsy. It is a comicbook world with two forces the mounds and the vegans and heroic figures like torpedo boy an alterego for hancock conceived when he was a child and many others. In his boisterous mythologies, villanious vegans do battle with goodguy, meateating mutants, and torpedo boya superhero that hancock, now forty, first drew in the fourth gradeswoops in to save the day. The bulk of the show is devoted to large mixedmedia works from a new series entitled in the blestian room. A heros tale, freshly told at mass moca the boston globe. Critical mass delivers the inner genius of the artist throughout all 240 pages of this epic tale. Apr 15, 2006 beginning march 4, 2006, the james cohan gallery will present an exhibition of new paintings by artist trenton doyle hancock. The twocolon title was a mouthful so i was happy that curator denise markonish and trenton allowed.
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