The Space In Which to Place Me

Published with Portland Art Museum, SITE Santa Fe, BIG NDN PRESS, and the Bard Center for Indigenous Studies, this expansive volume celebrates Jeffrey Gibson’s US Pavilion exhibition at the 60th Venice Biennale. Blending text and striking visuals, it traces the themes that shaped the installation and its public programs—community, inclusivity, dignity, and tradition.

Organized around the pavilion and its activations, the book brings together new scholarship and critical writing, including contributions drawn from the Institute of American Indian Arts’ Venice Indigenous Arts School and convenings at the Bard Center for Indigenous Studies. Curators and critics explore global connections within Indigenous arts, color and form in Gibson’s practice, and the layered cultural references that inform his work.

Featuring vivid photography—from behind-the-scenes studio images to documentation of performances—this publication offers an insightful look at Gibson’s interdisciplinary practice and the broader conversations it sparks.

Jeffrey Gibson (born 1972), a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, is an interdisciplinary artist whose work is held in major museums including the Museum of Modern Art; the National Gallery of Canada; the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian; and the Whitney Museum of American Art. He is based in Hudson, NY, and currently serves as an artist-in-residence at Bard College.

ISBN 9781636811628
Clth, 8 x 10 in. / 404 pgs / 240 color / 40 b&w.
Pub Date: 07/29/2025