Description:
A richly illustrated account tracing the full arc of contemporary painter Suzanne Jackson's life and multifaceted artistic vision
First and foremost a painter, Suzanne Jackson has worked for six decades in a dizzying array of genres, including drawing, printmaking, poetry, dance, and theater design. Suzanne Jackson: What Is Love reveals Jackson's achievements as a leading and influential artist who has been in dialogue with her contemporaries, from Betye Saar and Emory Douglas to Senga Nengudi and Mary Lovelace O'Neal. This wide-ranging book illuminates Jackson's work and its connections to nature, environmentalism, performance, feminism, and Black and Native traditions. It explores the way her innovative hanging acrylic works break the canvas; the role of dance and set design in Jackson's practice; and her trailblazing Los Angeles art space Gallery 32, which she ran from 1968 to 1970, and which became a focus for a circle of fellow emerging artists. The book also features artist dialogues between Jackson and Nengudi, Saar, Fred Eversley, and Richard Mayhew, as well as a conversation between Jackson and SFMOMA painting conservator Jennifer Hickey. Exhibition ScheduleSFMOMA, San Francisco
September 27, 2025-March 1, 2026 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
May 14, 2026-August 23, 2026 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
September 26, 2026-February 7, 2027
Review Quotes: "[The catalogue] gives this vital artist the consideration and respect she deserves. . . . [A] deeply-researched and engaging collection of essays and images."---Lauren Moya Ford, Glasstire