Black Text: A Covert Physical Manifestation in the Discursive Field by Katrina Palmer

“Black Text is manifestly the title page of a written work. The painted paper and words propose the construction of the missing work that is attributed to the author/publisher named Palmer. This name appears in place of the author/publisher’s African name, that was erased as part of the transatlantic slave trade.” - Katrina Palmer

Product Information

420 x 594 mm (A2)
Digital Print on 230gsm Matt Paper
Edition of 45 (plus 5 APs)

About the Artist

Katrina Palmer correlates an expanded sculptural practice with writing and associated forms including audio works, performances and signs. Objects, bodies and voices proposed in this writing are often precariously situated between absence and full emergence in the social space. Among her exhibitions are Hello and Retreat (England’s Creative Coast, 2021); The Coffin Jump (Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 14-18 NOW, 2018); The Necropolitan Line (Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 2015); End Matter (Artangel, 2015). She has authored three books with Book Works, London, (2010, 2014, 2015) and contributed to multiple publications including the Documents of Contemporary Art series, Whitechapel Gallery/MIT (2013, 2021). Palmer received the Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists, 2014. She teaches at the Ruskin School of Art, and lives in London.