In The Tahoma Mall, Los Angeles–based artist Dianna Molzan (born 1972) traces her early years growing up in the Pacific Northwest’s Tacoma and Seattle, telling the origin and development of her visual vocabulary with extensive archival imagery and a floating narration that runs through this beautifully produced artist’s book.
Molzan shows how navigating public spaces at a young age, from shopping malls, movie theaters, world fairs, military bases and outdoor displays of Indigenous pole carvings and modernist fountains, influenced her approach to art and exhibition. The region’s disparate cultural layers are juxtaposed with its majestic natural splendor and Molzan’s own artwork, . . . .go to book page >>

From January 15 to February 12, 1977, more than 15,000 artists, intellectuals and performers from 55 nations worldwide gathered in Lagos, Nigeria, for the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture, also known as FESTAC’77. Taking place in the heyday of Nigeria’s oil wealth and following the African continent’s potent decade of decolonization, FESTAC’77 was the peak of Pan-Africanist expression. Among the musicians, writers, artists and cultural leaders in attendance were Ellsworth Ausby, Milford Graves, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Samella Lewis, Audre Lorde, Winnie Owens, Miriam Makeba, Valerie Maynard, Queen Mother Moore and Sun Ra.
While serving as the . . . .go to book page >>