Overview
A richly illustrated account tracing the full arc of contemporary painter Suzanne Jackson's life and multifaceted artistic vision First and foremost a painter, Suzanne Jackson has worked for six decades in a dizzying array of genres, including drawing, printmaking, poetry, dance, and theater design. Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love reveals Jackson's achievements as a leading and influential artist who has been in dialogue with her contemporaries, from Betye Saar and Emory Douglas to Senga Nengudi and Mary Lovelace O'Neal. This wide-ranging book illuminates Jackson's work and its connections to nature, environmentalism, performance, feminism, and Black and Native traditions. It explores the way her innovative hanging acrylic works break the canvas; the role of dance and set design in Jackson's practice; and her trailblazing Los Angeles art space Gallery 32, which she ran from 1968 to 1970, and which became a focus for a circle of fellow emerging artists. The book also features artist dialogues between Jackson and Nengudi, Saar, Fred Eversley, and Richard Mayhew, as well as a conversation between Jackson and SFMOMA painting conservator Jennifer Hickey. Exhibition ScheduleSFMOMA, San FranciscoSeptember 27, 2025-March 1, 2026 Walker Art Center, MinneapolisMay 14, 2026-August 23, 2026 Museum of Fine Arts, BostonSeptember 26, 2026-February 7, 2027
- | Author: Kellie Jones
- | Publisher: Princeton University Press
- | Publication Date: Sep 09, 2025
- | Number of Pages: 288 pages
- | Binding: Hardback or Cased Book
- | ISBN-10: 0691261997
- | ISBN-13: 9780691261997
