PROJECT DESCRIPTION

An exhibition catalogue to accompany the 2021 Brooklyn Museum survey of four decades of work by conceptual performance artist Lorraine O’Grady. O’Grady’s multidisciplinary practice builds upon her own conceptions of self and subjectivity from the perspective of a Black woman artist. Alongside the body of work are sketches, notes, journal entries, and letters by the artist, as well as commissioned essays and an interview with Catherine Lord which, when read together, provide an intertextuality — a Both/And — that is activated through the book’s typography. Shifting justification and alignments in bodies of text further reinforce the dual nature of O’Grady’s avant-garde work as artist/curator or performer/observer, and allow for a fluidity and expressiveness within the typographic hierarchy. Gatefold pages unfold to immerse the reader in works arranged as closely as possible to their original installation sequence, and an extended timeline/biography helps to contextualize O’Grady’s unique life experiences with her development as an artist. Lastly, the spliced title treatment and ‘mirrored’ images on the front and back covers play with the concept of a flip or reflection, a Both/And.

BOOK INFORMATION

Trim Size: 8-½ x 10-½ in

Number of Pages: 226 with 5 gatefold pages interspersed through the book

Binding Method: Smythe-sewn hardcover

Paper: Condat Matt Perigord 150 gsm

Typefaces: Sangbleu Republic and Untitled Sans

CREDIT INFORMATION

Creative Director: Alice Chung; Julie Cho; Karen Hsu

Art Director: Alice Chung; Julie Cho; Karen Hsu

Book Designer: Alice Chung

Jacket/Cover Designer: Alice Chung

Illustrator: NA

Photographer: All works by Lorraine O’Grady, © Lorraine O’Grady / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; courtesy Alexander Gray Associates, New York. Full photo credits appear in the book on page 224.

Picture Editor: NA

Production Director: NA

Production Coordinator: NA

Production Artist: NA

Other Credits: Karen Kelly - Managing Editor; Barbara Schroeder - Managing Editor; Victoria Nebolsin - Editorial assistant; Polly Watson - Proofreading; Audrey Walen - Director of Publications, Interpretation, and Editorial Services, Brooklyn Museum; Sarah DeSantis - Head of Digital Collections and Services, Brooklyn Museum

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