Description
Just Above Midtown, or JAM, was an art gallery and self-described laboratory led by Linda Goode Bryant that foregrounded African American artists and artists of color. Open from 1974 until 1986, it was a place where black art flourished and debate was cultivated. The gallery offered early opportunities for artists now recognized as pivotal figures in late-20th-century art, including David Hammons, Butch Morris, Senga Nengudi, Lorraine O’Grady, and Howardena Pindell.
Published in conjunction with the first museum exhibition to focus on this extraordinary gallery, on view at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, in Fall 2022, Just Above Midtown: 1974 to the Present showcases rarely seen material from the JAM archive of artworks, ephemera, and unique documentation of administrative and programmatic activities. The richly illustrated catalogue includes a conversation between Thelma Golden, Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, and Linda Goode Bryant, a complete exhibition chronology with nearly 50 annotated entries, and excerpts from an oral history of JAM.
Thomas J. Lax is a Curator in the Department of Media and Performance, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Lilia Rocio Taboada is a Curatorial Assistant in the Department of Media and Performance, MoMA.
Linda Goode Bryant is the founder of Just Above Midtown (JAM).
Thelma Golden is the Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Kellie Jones is Professor in Art History and Archaeology and the Institute for Research in African American Studies (IRAAS) at Columbia University.
Rujeko Hockley is an Assistant Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Eric Booker is an Assistant Curator and Exhibition Coordinator at The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Brandon Eng is the 2021-22 Mellon-Marron Research Consortium Fellow in the Department of Media and Performance, MoMA.
Marielle Ingram was the 2019-20 12-Month Intern in the Department of Media and Performance, MoMA.
Yelena Keller is a Curatorial Assistant, Exhibitions, at The Studio Museum in Harlem.
Legacy Russell is the Executive Director and Chief Curator of The Kitchen, and previously an Associate Curator, Exhibitions, at The Studio Museum in Harlem.
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