Yto Barrada: Color Problems

Surveying two decades of Barrada’s research-based practice, including her latest series investigating the materiality of color through dyeing techniques

For more than 20 years, French Moroccan artist Yto Barrada (born 1971) has explored natural and cultural phenomena as well as subaltern histories through films, installations, sculptures, textile works, photographs and site-specific projects. This long-awaited monograph spans her entire practice, from her first acclaimed photographic series A Life Full of Holes (1998–2004) to her most recent research on textile, dyeing and "color problems," in which she once more bridges nature, materiality and art history.
This volume unifies an international group of writers to decipher the methodologies and perspectives active in Barrada’s practice. The volume also highlights Barrada’s commitment to the city of Tangier, where she founded a cinema and an eco-feminist African campus and dye garden, as well as her relationship with American artist and longtime Chelsea Hotel resident Bettina Grossman (1927–2021), whose estate is in her care.