Book Signing with Paula Wilson

Tamarind is delighted to welcome 2021 artist-in-residence Paula Wilson for a book signing on the occasion of her first major monograph, Toward the Sky’s Back Door, published by Tang Teaching Museum and DelMonico Books/D.A.P. Wilson will speak on her work and sign copies of Toward the Sky’s Back Door at Tamarind on Thursday, March 13, 5–7pm. Four works made over Wilson’s 2021 residency will be on view, including Catching the Night (2021). Copies of Toward the Sky’s Back Door will be available for purchase at Tamarind.

“This book comes out of my life in Carrizozo, New Mexico, and the exhibitions it documents—its screen-printed cover, layered textures, and detailed images show the process of making and transformation. It exists through collaboration, from the curator’s vision to the authors’ words and the designers’ sensory compositions—a shared act of creation. I’m honored to launch this book at Tamarind, not only because our print Catching the Night is prominently featured within its pages, but also because it carries the same playful spirit of material exploration and partnership that defines Tamarind’s approach to artmaking.”

Toward the Sky’s Back Door features nearly two decades of work by the American artist, who frequently intermixes her identity as a Black biracial artist with narratives and motifs across time and place. The monograph documents her wide-ranging career with essays by leading scholars Taylor Renee Aldridge, Ebony Y. Rhodes and Stephanie Sparling Williams, and a new interview with the artist.