Lorna Simpson

SIMPSON, Lorna and Okwui Enwezor, Hilton Als, Isaac Julien, Thelma Golden

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ISBN 10: 0810955482 ISBN 13: 9780810955486

Published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in association with American Federation of Arts, New York, 2006

Language: English

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First edition and first printing. Hardcover. 158 pages. Exhibition catalog for a retrospective show that ran April 16 through July 10, 2006 at Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and then travled to Miami, New York, and Charleston, South Carolina for additional dates. Foreword by Helaine Posner. Essays by Okwui Enwezor and Hilton Als. Includes the text of a conversation with Simpson and Isaac Julien and Thelma Golden. Also features numerous color and black and white illustrations, a checklist, list of previous exhibitions, a selected bibliography, and an index. A fine copy in illustrated boards and in a fine dust jacket. Much less common in the hardcover issue. Seller Inventory # 194345

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Title: Lorna Simpson

Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc. in association with American Federation of Arts, New York

Publication Date: 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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Lorna Simpson is one of the leading artists of her generation, devoted to the beauty of image-making, innovatively juxtaposing the figure and gesture with text and narrative. This rich monograph, created to accompany the major retrospective of Simpson's work touring in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York (among other destinations) beginning this spring, includes insightful essays by curator and critic Okwui Enwezor and New Yorker writer Hilton Als, and a conversation with the artist, Isaac Julien, and Thelma Golden, along with 126 reproductions from Simpson's formally elegant, subtly provocative body of work-including her recent work.

About the Authors:

Okwui Enwezor is dean of academic affairs at the San Francisco Art Institute.

Helaine Posner is adjunct curator of exhibitions at the American Federation of Arts. She lives in New York City.

Hilton Als is a staff writer for The New Yorker. He lives in New York City.

Isaac Julien is a London-based film and video artist.

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