By Okwui Enwezor, Helaine Posner, Hilton Als, Isaac Julien, Thelma Golden, and Shamim M. Momin
Published in 2006 by the AFA in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
158 pages, 3 gatefolds, 10 3/4 x 9 1/2 in., 70 illus. (59 in color)
Paper • ISBN 1-885444-32-1• $37.50
(AFA/members only)
Cloth • ISBN 0-8109-5548-2 • $45
(Harry N. Abrams)

Lorna Simpson is one of the leading artists of her generation, devoted to the beauty of image-making, innovatively juxtaposing the figure and gesture with text and narrative. This rich monograph, created to accompany the AFA’s major retrospective of Simpson’s work touring in Los Angeles, Miami, and New York (among other destinations) beginning in the spring of 2006, includes insightful essays by curator and critic Okwui Enwezor and New Yorker writer Hilton Als, as well as a curator’s foreword by Helaine Posner and a conversation with the artist featuring Isaac Julien and Thelma Golden, prefaced by Shamim M. Momin. In addition to comparative illustrations, the catalogue includes 49 reproductions from Simpson’s formally elegant, subtly provocative body of work—including recent video pieces and photographs.