Published with Norton Museum of Art.

Atlanta-born, Brooklyn-based artist Shara Hughes (born 1981) is known for her vibrant painted landscapes that blur the boundary between figuration and abstraction. Her practice is intuitive, steering clear of direct observation or external references. She creates distinctive color palettes by mixing pigments directly on the surface, evoking movements such as color field painting and post-Impressionism. The final composition serves as a translation of the complex psychology of Hughes' inner world onto the canvas. Inside Outside, published to accompany the artist's first mid-career survey at the Norton Museum of Art, features work from the past two . . . .go to book page >>

As a part of the United States Pavilion for the 2022 Venice Biennale (for which she won the Gold Lion), Simone Leigh (born 1967) organized a three-day symposium, Loophole of Retreat, to take place during the exhibition. The title is drawn from a passage in the 1861 autobiography of Harriet Jacobs, who, for seven years after escaping enslavement, lived in a crawlspace she dubbed the loophole of retreat. This publication brings together the collected contributions from Leigh's symposium by more than 60 international theorists, activists, historians, artists and writers. Structured around guiding themes—Maroonage, Manual, Magical Realism, Medicine and Sovereignty—each essay, dialogue, performance and artwork . . . .go to book page >>

Latvian–born, New York–based artist Ella Kruglyanskaya (born 1978) paints kinetic vignettes, often featuring exaggerated, nearly caricatured depictions of the female body. Kruglyanskaya’s practice intends to engage with the historical tropes of Western painting in regard to the female figure and to update these conventions.
Too Much presents Kruglyanskaya’s latest series, created over the last four years. In some ways, the volume responds directly to the loneliness induced by Covid. The artist pens over a dozen letters to the reader, dispersing them among her paintings. Intimate, meditative and darkly humorous, the letters grapple with themes such as the depiction of gender and . . . .go to book page >>