Ceremonies Out of the Air: Ralph Lemon
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Accompanying the first US museum exhibition dedicated to artist, dancer, and choreographer Ralph Lemon, this catalogue features works across diverse media, including sculpture, film, drawing, and major ensemble performances that emerge in the afterlife of postmodern dance. As a “devotional” handbook for the PS1 show, Ceremonies Out of the Air traces the arc of Lemon’s ongoing collaborations, which extend far beyond the paradigm of dance. It includes essays by exhibition curators Connie Butler and Thomas Lax, as well as newly commissioned essays, texts and contributions by Kevin Beasley, Adrienne Edwards, Darrell Jones, Ralph Lemon, Okwui Okpokwasili, Pope.L, Kevin Quashie, and Kari Rittenbach. Featuring a dust jacket that unfolds into a poster, the book includes more than 100 full-color illustrations of Lemon’s artworks, performance documentation, and sketches.
Edited by Connie Butler, Thomas Lax, Kari Rittenbach, Jody Graf. Text by Butler, Lax, Adrienne Edwards, Darrell Jones, Ralph Lemon, Okwui Okpokwasili, Pope.L, Kevin Quashie, and Rittenbach. Contribution by Kevin Beasley. Designed by Julia Schäfer and Asel Tambay.
