PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Toward the Sky’s Back Door, published by the Tang Teaching Museum and DelMonico | D.A.P., is the first major monograph on American artist Paula Wilson (b. 1975). Living and working in rural New Mexico, Wilson seamlessly integrates painting, sculpture, printmaking, and textiles into her multidisciplinary practice. Designed in close collaboration with Wilson and curator Rebecca McNamara, the book rejects rigid structure, instead interweaving plates with essays by Taylor Renee Aldridge, Ebony Y. Rhodes, and Stephanie Sparling Williams to mirror the layered, nonlinear nature of Wilson’s work. Materiality is central to the design. The screenprinted cover (based on one of Wilson’s pieces) takes her tactile approach beyond the pages. Every detail, from the interplay of textures to the organic flow of images and text, reinforces the book as an immersive, dynamic object—an extension of Wilson’s art itself.

BOOK INFORMATION

Trim Size: 9 x 12

Number of Pages: 184

Binding Method: Hardcover, Section-sewn

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Typefaces: Kibitz (Colophon), Martina Plantijn (Klim Type Foundry),

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Creative Director: Jon Key

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Book Designer: Ana Valeria Castillos

Jacket/Cover Designer: Ana Valeria Castillos

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