Just above midtown: Changing spaces

Just Above Midtown, or JAM, was an art gallery and self-described laboratory for experimentation led by Linda Goode Bryant that foregrounded African American artists and artists of color. Open from 1974 to 1986, it was a place where an expansive idea of contemporary art flourished and debate was cultivated. The gallery offered early opportunities for artists recognized as pivotal figures in late-20th-century art—including David Hammons, Butch Morris, Senga Nengudi, Lorraine O’Grady and Howardena Pindell—as well as a nonhierarchical approach to art that welcomed artists without stylistic proscription.

Published in conjunction with a path-making exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art this publication provides the most complete account to date of the gallery's history, with an emphasis on rarely seen artworks, archival materials, and the recollections of those who were there.

Edited by Thomas J. Lax, Lilia Rocio Taboada

Studio Museum Harlem, MoMA

30 X 24 cm, 184 pages