William Baker Rand, Four Decades, Essay by Rene Ricard, 2018, 128 pages, case bound, 6-color plates throughout, 11 x 11 inches

Encompassing four decades of work, with poetry by Rand as well as essays penned by his close friends, the late critic Rene Ricard, and Suzette McAvoy, director and curator of the Center for Maine Contemporary Art.

A marvelous raconteur, brilliant draftsman, and sharp-eyed, searing documentarian, Rand’s grand-scale black and white paintings chronicle his life and our times. Drawn from eclectic sources—art history, geopolitics, literature, sports, nature, pop culture, current events—his imagery seduces with its intoxicating mix of beauty and decadence, highbrow and lowbrow.

Feature by MMPA: https://www.mainemuseumofphotographicarts.org/william-baker-rand