Suzanne Jackson : what is love / edited by Jenny Gheith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jackson, Suzanne, 1944- artist.

Gheith, Jenny, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jackson, Suzanne, 1944---Exhibitions.

Jackson, Suzanne.

African American art--Exhibitions.

African American art.

Genre:

exhibition catalogs.

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

265 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 31 cm

Other Title:

What is love

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Sam Francisco Museum of Modern Art ; Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love celebrates the groundbreaking artistic vision of painter Suzanne Jackson (b. 1944). Surveying the full breadth of her six-decade career, this comprehensive book spans from her early ethereal compositions on canvas to recent three-dimensional paintings that suspend acrylic paint in midair. Essays illuminate key facets of Jackson's wide-ranging practice, considering the influence of her experiences as a dancer, poet, and theater designer; exploring her work's deep connections with nature, envi-ronmentalism, performance, feminism, and Black and Native traditions; and highlighting her commitment to community action and the relationships she forged while running her trailblazing Los Angeles art space Gallery 32 (1968-70). Dialogues between Jackson and fellow artists Senga Nengudi, Betye Saar, and the late Fred Eversley and Richard Mayhew, along with a conversation between Jackson and SMOMA paintings conservator Jennifer Hickey, engage key themes and concerns in Jackson's work, while chronology texts and a range of photos and ephemera from the artist's personal collection highlight the envi-ronments, people, and influences that have shaped her art." -- Back cover

Contents:

Seeing Things from All Sides / Kellie Jones

The Lasting Impact of Gallery / Taylor Renee Aldridge

The Job We Wanted for Life: Suzanne Jackson and CETA / Molly Garfinkel and Jodi Waynberg

Improvising at the Threshold of Painting and Dance / Tiffany E. Barber

Spatial Intelligence / Taylor Jasper

Made from the Stuff of Life / Paulina Pobocha

Plates with Chronology Texts / Jenny Gheith and Meredith George Van Dyke. Early life 1944-1961

College years 1962-1966

Building a new community 1967-1970

San Francisco calling 1970-1973

Los Angeles artist 1973-1978

A return to nature 1979-1986

New terrain 1987-1996

Savannah old and new 1996-2025

Dialogues. Doing It for Ourselves / Suzanne Jackson and Betye Saar

Nothing Was Going to Stop Us / Suzanne Jackson and Senga Nengudi

Nature Is Everything / Suzanne Jackson and Richard Mayhew

Personal Histories / Suzanne Jackson and Fred Eversley

The Making of ¿What Feeds Us? / Suzanne Jackson and Jennifer Hickey.

Notes:

Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name held at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, September 27, 2025-March 1, 2026; Walker Art Center, May 14, 2026-August 23, 2026; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, September 26, 2026-February 7, 2027.

ISBN:

9780691261997

0691261997

OCLC:

1535170994

Publisher Number:

CIPO000271847