Suzanne Jackson

A richly illustrated account tracing the full arc of contemporary painter Suzanne Jacksons 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 Jacksons 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 ONeal. This wide-ranging book illuminates Jacksons 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 Jacksons 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 Schedule SFMOMA, San Francisco September 27, 2025March 1, 2026 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis May 14, 2026August 23, 2026 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston September 26, 2026February 7, 2027