Trenton Doyle Hancock: Mind of the Mound: Critical Mass

Trenton Doyle Hancock has turned his childhood passion for comic books, toys, and superhero culture into a creation myth. This book explores the birth of the Mounds and Vegans, plants and mutants that are at war, through which he explores good, evil, authority, race, moral relativism, and religion. It includes contributions by the exhibition curator Denise Markonish and illuminating conversations between Hancock and his influences.

Format: Hardback
Length: 224 pages
Publication date: 08 July 2019
Publisher: Prestel

Trenton Doyle Hancock has transformed his childhood love of comic books, toys, and superhero culture into his own creation myth. That mythology and the fascinating, multimedia iterations that it has sparked are told in this captivating and revealing book. Accompanied by images of his paintings, drawings, and installations alongside pictures of his own vast toy and pop-culture collections as well as pages from his forthcoming graphic novel, the artist traces the birth of the Mounds and Vegans—the plants and mutants that are forever at war—through which he explores good, evil, authority, race, moral relativism, and religion. Hancock takes readers inside his largest exhibition yet at MASS MoCA—a multi-media installation that blends sculpture, painting, and installations to bring the Mounds world to life. Included in this book are contributions by the exhibition curator Denise Markonish, an art historical essay about Hancock's paintings, and illuminating conversations between Hancock and some of his influences, including Frank Oz. With this book, Hancock merges his personal history with his imagination to create a rich panoply of color, image, and language.

Hancock's childhood love of comic books, toys, and superhero culture has transformed into his own creation myth. This captivating and revealing book tells the mythology and the fascinating, multimedia iterations that it has sparked. Accompanied by images of his paintings, drawings, and installations alongside pictures of his vast toy and pop-culture collections as well as pages from his forthcoming graphic novel, the artist traces the birth of the Mounds and Vegans—the plants and mutants that are forever at war—through which he explores good, evil, authority, race, moral relativism, and religion. Hancock takes readers inside his largest exhibition yet at MASS MoCA—a multi-media installation that blends sculpture, painting, and installations to bring the Mounds world to life. Included in this book are contributions by the exhibition curator Denise Markonish, an art historical essay about Hancock's paintings, and illuminating conversations between Hancock and some of his influences, including Frank Oz. With this book, Hancock merges his personal history with his imagination to create a rich panoply of color, image, and language.

Weight: 1300g
Dimension: 213 x 263 x 30 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9783791358215