On the occasion of the publication of PARIS LA 17—CHANGE AGENTS (2021–2022): An intermittent, open-ended, alphabetical Reading List, expanding on the artists, works, and concepts raised in the print issue.
Kia LaBeija and Julie Tolentino — Duets: Kia LaBeija and Julie Tolentino in Conversation. New York: Visual AIDS, 2018.
Suzanne Lacy — Leaving Art: Writings on Performance, Politics, and Publics, 1974–2007. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2010.
— Suzanne Lacy: Spaces Between. By Sharon Irish. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010.
Lap-See Lam — Dreamers’ Quay, Dreamers’ Key. Edited by Yuvinka Medina, Bettina Schultz, and Lam. Texts by Stephanie Cristello, Mara Lee Gerdén, Yuvinka Medina, Svante Tirén, and Xiaoyu Weng. Stockholm: Bonniers Konsthall; Milan: Lenz Press, 2022.
Kimberly Lamm — Addressing the Other Woman: Textual Correspondences in Feminist Art and Writing. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2017.
Dorothea Lange and Sam Contis — Day Sleeper. Edited by Contis. London: Mack, 2020.
Liz Larner — Liz Larner. New York: Karma; Los Angeles: Regen Projects; Glasgow: Modern Institute; Berlin: Galerie Max Hetzler, 2016.
— Liz Larner. Text by Peter Pakesch. Berlin: Holzwarth Publications, 2017.
— Don’t Put It Back Like It Was. Edited by Mary Ceruti. Texts by Connie Butler, Catherine Liu, and Ariana Reines. Minneapolis: Walker Art Center; New York: Sculpture Center; Brooklyn: Dancing Foxes Press, 2022.
Maria Lassnig — The Pen is the Sister of the Brush: Diaries 1943–1997. Edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist. Göttingen, Germany: Steidl; Zürich: Hauser & Wirth, 2009.
Maria Lassnig and Liz Larner — Two or Three or Something. Edited by Peter Pakesch and Adam Budak. Cologne: Walther König, 2007.
Louise Lawler — An Arrangement of Pictures. New York: Assouline, 2000.
— Twice Untitled and Other Pictures (looking back). Edited by Helen Molesworth. Columbus, OH: Wexner Center for the Arts, Ohio State University, 2006.
Deana Lawson — An Aperture Monograph. New York: Aperture, 2018.
— Deana Lawson. Edited by Eva Respini and Peter Eleey. London: Mack Books, 2021.
Lee Bul — Lee Bul. London: Hayward Gallery, 2018.
Jennie Jieun Lee — Rainbow 1 Hour Photo. New York: Martos Gallery, 2018.
Ursula K. Le Guin — Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places. New York: Grove Press, 1989.
Simone Leigh — Simone Leigh. Text by Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts. New York: Luhring Augustine, 2019.
— “Monumental.” Profile. By Calvin Tomkins. New Yorker, March 28, 2022.
Kris Lemsalu — Birth V: Hi and Bye. Edited by Maria Arusoo and Lemsalu. Texts by Andrew Berardini and Tamara Luuk. Milan: Mousse Publishing, 2020.
Zoe Leonard — Survey. Edited by Bennett Simpson. Los Angeles: Museum of Contemporary Art; Munich: DelMonico/ Prestel, 2018.
Sherrie Levine — After All. Munich: Hirmer, 2017.
Helen Levitt — A Way of Seeing. Text by James Agee. New York: Viking, 1965; Cologne: Walther König, 2020.
Sheila Levrant de Bretteville — Art & Graphic Design: George Maciunas, Ed Ruscha, Sheila Levrant de Bretteville. By Benoît Buquet. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2021.
Edmonia Lewis — Child of the Fire: Mary Edmonia Lewis and the Problem of Art History’s Black and Indian Subject. By Kirsten Pai Buick. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2010.
Ligia Lewis — “Ligia Lewis: Interview by Martha Kirszenbaum.” Kaleidoscope 29 (Spring 2017).
— “Ligia Lewis and Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi in Conversation.” In Made in L.A. 2020: a version. Edited by Myriam Ben Salah and Lauren Mackler. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum; Munich: DelMonico/Prestel, 2020.
Laura Lima — “Laura Lima.” By Vanessa Arizmendi. In Witch Hunt. Edited by Connie Butler and Anne Ellegood. Los Angeles: Hammer Museum, 2021.
Candice Lin — A Hard White Body. Edited by Lotte Arndt and Yesomi Umolu. Chicago: Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, University of Chicago, 2020.
Maya Lin — Boundaries. New York: Simon and Schuster, 2006.
Treva B. Lindsey — America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2022.
Kate Linker and Jane Weinstock — Difference: On Representation and Sexuality. Edited by Linker and Weinstock. New York: New Museum,1984.
Meg Linton and Sue Maberry — Doin’ It in Public: Feminism and Art at the Woman’s Building. Edited by Linton and Maberry. Los Angeles: Otis College of Art and Design, 2011.
Lucy R. Lippard — From the Center: Feminist Essays on Women’s Art. New York: E. P. Dutton, 1976.
Andrea Liss — Feminist Art and the Maternal. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008.
Hung Liu — Summoning Ghosts: The Art of Hung Liu. Oakland: Oakland Museum of California; Berkeley, University of California Press, 2013.
— Portraits of Promised Lands. Edited by Dorothy Moss. Washington, DC: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2021.
Sharon Lockhart — Noa Eshkol. Edited by Eva Wilson and Daniela Zyman. Vienna: Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary; Berlin: Sternberg Press, 2012.
— Sharon Lockhart: Pine Flat. By Howard Singerman. London: Afterall Books, 2014.
Michelle Lopez — Ballast & Barricades. Edited by Alex Klein. Philadelphia: Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, 2020.
Yolanda López — Yolanda López. By Karen Mary Davalos. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2009.
Audre Lorde — The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde. New York: W. W. Norton, 1997.
— The Selected Works of Audre Lorde. Edited by Roxane Gay. New York: W. W. Norton, 2020.
Renate Lorenz — Queer Art: A Freak Theory. Bielefeld, Germany: Transcript, 2012.
Liza Lou — Liza Lou. New York: Rizzoli, 2011.
Lee Lozano — Lee Lozano: Dropout Piece. By Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer. London: Afterall Books, 2014.
— Language Pieces. Edinburgh: Fruitmarket Gallery; Zürich: Hauser & Wirth, 2018.
Sarah Lucas — Au Naturel. Edited by Massimiliano Gioni and Margot Norton. New York: New Museum, 2018.
From top: Ligia Lewis, deader than dead, 2020, still, mixed-media performance documented on HD video, color, sound, image © Ligia Lewis, courtesy of the artist; Maria Lassnig, The Pen is the Sister of the Brush: Diaries 1943–1997, cover image courtesy and © Steidl.
