Simone Leigh Book andre-butzer (1975) and his MFA from

(1975) and his MFA from Indiana University

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and co-founder of Purple Prose

who first encountered Yayoi Kusama’s work nearly two decades ago

Simone Leigh Book andre-butzer (1975) and his MFA fromThe first major monograph on Simone Leighs multimedia explorations of community, Black feminism and the traditions and material cultures of the African diaspora. Over the past two decades, Simone Leigh has created artwork that situates questions of Black femme identified subjectivity at the center of contemporary art discourse. Her sculpture, video, installation and social practice explore ideas of race, beauty and community in visual and material