CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 10/11/2025

We celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day with work by Jeffrey Gibson

In celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day 2025, we present just a few spreads from the space in which to place me, the astonishing new monograph on and by American Mississippi Choctaw/Cherokee painter and sculptor Jeffrey Gibson. Collecting and documenting the challenging, celebratory and uncompromising work that Gibson exhibited at the 2024 Venice Biennale, which is referenced in his current facade commission at NYC's Metropolitan Museum of Art, this book itself proves without question that Gibson more than deserves the MacArthur genius award that he received in 2019. Printed with a variety of special papers, custom inks, multicolored ribbons, gatefolds and fold-out posters, the space in which to place me is unlike any other publication we have distributed. It conveys perfectly the complex physical content of the exhibition—which includes performance, sculpture, painting, programming and more—and the intellectual content of the work—encompassing such themes as inclusivity, community, dignity and tradition. Text contributions are by an esteemed group of scholars and collaborators.