Writing in Space 1973-2019

<i>Writing in Space 1973-2019</i> gathers the writings of conceptual artist Lorraine O'Grady who for over forty years has investigated the complicated relationship between text and image. A firsthand account of O'Grady's wide-ranging practice this volume contains statements scripts and previously unpublished notes charting the development of her performance work and conceptual photography; her art and music criticism that appeared in the <i>Village Voice</i> and <i>Artforum</i>; critical and theoretical essays on art and culture including her classic Olympia's Maid; and interviews in which O'Grady maps expands and complicates the intellectual terrain of her work. She examines issues ranging from black female subjectivity to diaspora and race and representation in contemporary art exploring both their personal and their institutional implications. O'Grady's writings-introduced in this collection by critic and curator Aruna D'Souza-offer a unique window into her artistic and intellectual evolution while consistently plumbing the political possibilities of art.