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265 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 31 x 26 cm
"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."
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.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and 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.