Suzanne Jackson (artist)

Suzanne Jackson
Born 1944
Saint Louis, MO
Known for Gallery 32

Suzanne Jackson is a U.S. visual artist whose work has been exhibited in museums and galleries around the world. In 1968, she opened Gallery 32 in the Granada Building near MacArthur Park in Los Angeles.[1][2] Gallery 32 was one of only two black-owned, artist-run galleries in Los Angeles at the time.[3] In 1970, Gallery 32 held the Sapphire Show: You've Come a Long Way Baby, the first Los Angeles review of African American women artists.[4] Organized by Betye Saar, Sapphire included the work of Jackson, Saar, Gloria Bohanon, Yvonne Cole Meo, and Eileen Abdul-Rashid.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Peter, Carolyn; Willick, Damon (Spring 2012). "Gallery 32 and Los Angeles’ African American Arts Community". NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art. 30: 16–26.
  2. ↑ "A conversation with the artist Suzanne Jackson by Lyn Kienholz for Netropolitan: Museum without walls.".
  3. ↑ Widener, Daniel (2010). Black Arts West: Culture and Struggle in Postwar Los Angeles. Duke University Press. p. 87.
  4. ↑ "Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980".
  5. ↑ Peter, Carolyn; Willick, Damon (Spring 2012). "Gallery 32 and Los Angeles's African American Community". NKA Journal of Contemporary African Art (30): 24.
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