# Troy Montes-Michie: Rock of Eye

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- Authors: [Troy Michie](https://www.bookquiver.com/troy-michie)
- Language: en_US
- Published: 2022-01-20
- Genres: The Arts, Theory of art, History of art, Design, Industrial and commercial arts, illustration, Architecture

## Description

Stitches and sutures: tracing the body and landscape in Troy Montes-Michie's collagesTo tailor a garment by " rock of eye" is to rely on the drape--on experience over mathematical measurement--in the fitting process. It is a kind of drawing in space--a freehand, an intuition, a trust of materials. Rock of Eye, published on the occasion of Troy Montes-Michie's (born 1985) solo exhibition at the California African American Museum, is a collection of the artist's collages, drawings, and found and woven images sourced from vintage erotic magazines, French tailoring magazines, found photographs and other materials. These materials are familiar from Montes-Michie's recent large-scale paintings and collages that center on the Black male body and his series that traces the social history and form of the zoot suit. Troy Montes-Michie was born in El Paso and his practice reflects his experience growing up along the US/Mexico border. This book is a study in ambiguity between portraiture and landscape; his are the cuts and folds of patterning and mapping. In Rock of Eye, Montes-Michie's stitches suture histories and geographies; they establish thresholds for crossing; his needle hits rock. Including essays by Tina Campt and editor Andrea Andersson, with an interview by Brent Edwards, Rock of Eye is a tactile and sensuous artist's book recalling the form of fabric swatch books and affirming that collage is an art of selection.

## Editions

### Troy Montes-Michie: Rock of Eye

- Publisher: Siglio Press
- ISBN: 978-19-3822-132-3
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2022-01-20
- Language: en_US