Solo exhibition by Simone Leigh
LACMA Los Angeles County Museum of Art
May 26, 2024 - January 20, 2025
Text Source: www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/simone-leigh
Simone Leigh, a traveling exhibition organized by the ICA Boston and co-presented in Los Angeles by LACMA and the California African American Museum, is the first comprehensive survey of the richly layered work of this celebrated artist. LACMA’s presentation features approximately 20 years of Leigh’s production in ceramic, bronze, video, and installation, as well as works from her 2022 Venice Biennale presentation. Over the past two decades, Leigh has created works exploring questions of Black femme subjectivity and knowledge production. Addressing a wide swath of historical periods, geographies, and traditions, her art references vernacular and hand-made processes from across the African diaspora, as well as forms traditionally associated with African art and architecture. Accompanied by a major monograph, this exhibition offers visitors a timely opportunity to gain a holistic understanding of Leigh’s complex and profoundly moving work.
For information about the concurrent Simone Leigh exhibition, visit the California African American Museum at https://caamuseum.org/exhibitions/2024/simone-leigh
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