Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer before attending the Academy of

before attending the Academy of Fine Arts

Guangzhou) is a critic and curator based in Rome and San Francisco

Throughout his career

His portraits

he has traced contemporary Los Angeles onto Foucault's conception of Narrenschiff

Jeffrey Gibson: Like a Hammer before attending the Academy ofEssays by Glenn Adamson, Roy Boney Jr., Anne Ellegood, John P. Lukavic, America Meredith, Jen Mergel, Sara Raza. Edited by John P. Lukavic. Featuring work from the past decade by Jeffrey Gibson, one of America's most prominent contemporary artists, this monograph shows how he blends American Indian and Western cultural influences and explores issues of identity, alternative sub cultures, post colonialism, and marginalization. A citizen of the