AWOL ERIZKU, Mystic Parallax, foreword by Ishmael Reed, Essays by Ashley James and Doreen St. Félix, conversations with Urs Fischer and Antwaum Sargent

293pp., 4to., colour illus., hardback, New York, 2023

Monograph on interdisciplinary artist Awol Erizku.

Foreword by Ishmael Reed. 

Contributions include:

"Awol Erizku: Mystic Parallax" by Ashley James,

"Awol Erizku's Afro-Esotericism" by Doreen St. Félix,

"Cosmic Affinity" an interview with the artist by Urs Fischer

"When the Smoke Clears", a conversation between the artist and Antwaun Sargent.

“The book features 300 pages of Erizku’s visual works, which reference and reimagine Black contemporary culture while nodding to elements of nature and spirituality - creating a canonized version of history he calls ‘Afro-Esotericism.’” Maxine Wally, W magazine

Awol Erizku was born in Ethiopia in 1988 and lives and works in Los Angeles. He works regularly as an editorial photographer for the New Yorker, New York magazine, Time and GQ, among others.