Nikita Gale

Name: Nikita Gale
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SKU: 9780903696555
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IN A DREAM YOU CLIMB THE STAIRS

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Nikita Gale: IN A DREAM YOU CLIMB THE STAIRS is a captivating artist's book marking the finale of Gale's Chisenhale exhibition. It features intergenerational conversations and essays that explore themes of invisibility, audibility, and the complex dynamic between performer and spectator. The book includes four visual essays, hand-annotated by Gale, and uses innovative design elements such as gatefolds and various paper types to reflect her multifaceted practice.
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Ideal for readers interested in contemporary art, conceptual practices, and those who appreciate artist books with rich visual and intellectual layers. Also suited to fans of interdisciplinary art discussions and cultural criticism.

Description

Chisenhale Gallery launches the second title in its Chisenhale Books series, Nikita Gale: IN A DREAM YOU CLIMB THE STAIRS. Marking the finale of Gale's Chisenhale exhibition, her first artist’s book contains an intergenerational conversation with conceptual artist Barbara Kruger and a short meditation by Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Hilton Als.

These contributions feature alongside works by artist and Chisenhale Gallery alum P. Staff and Dr. Bénédicte Boisseron, author of Afro-Dog: Blackness and the Animal Question. Through the lens of a multifaceted practice, Gale examines themes of invisibility and audibility, interrogating the dynamic between performer and spectator, structure, and decay. Produced with great care, this extraordinary book is reflective of the artist's practice.

Four visual essays, hand-annotated by Gale—'Absence', 'Ruin', 'Silence', 'Dog'—explore themes central to the work. Nikita Gale: IN A DREAM YOU CLIMB THE STAIRS deploys throw-outs, gatefolds, five different types of papers, and a subtly disruptive design to delve into Nikita Gale's art.

Text by Zoé Whitley, P. Staff, Hilton Als, Barbara Kruger and Dr. Bénédicte Boisseron.

Book Design & Creative Direction by Billie Temple.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780903696555

Publisher: Hurtwood Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 November 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hurtwood Press

Illustration: 296 Illustrations

Contributors:

Edited by Amy Jones
Text by Hilton Als
By Nikita Gale
Text by Barbara Kruger
Text by Bénédicte Boisseron
Edited by Zoé Whitley
Text by P. Staff

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 205.0mm

Height: 260.0mm

Weight: 1020g

Pages: 268

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction

About the Author

Nikita Gale's work applies the lens of material culture to consider how authority is negotiated within political, social and economic systems. The LA-based artist holds a BA in Anthropology with an emphasis in Archaeological Studies from Yale University and earned an MFA in New Genres at UCLA. Gale's exhibition at Chisenhale Gallery marks her first European institutional solo show. Her work has been exhibited recently at 52 Walker (New York); MoMA PS1 (New York); Kunstraum Kreuzberg (Berlin); Swiss Institute (New York); California African American Museum (Los Angeles); Cubitt (Los Angeles); The Studio Museum in Harlem (New York); and in Made in L.A. 2018 at the Hammer Museum (Los Angeles). Gale is represented by Commonwealth & Council (LA), 56 Henry (NYC) and Reyes | Finn (Detroit).