Published with an exhibition at Kunsthal KAdE in Amersfoort, the Netherlands, ‘Abrasive Paradise’ features 24 artists who examine the current state of our society. Modernism in the 20th century dreamed of achieving a vision of a makeable society, an “earthly paradise”. Now we are facing a world full of lurking dangers and hidden disasters due to climate change, the direct result of humans’ invasive behaviour in the natural order. Through installations and paintings – including wor...

This catalogue accompanies Kunsthal KAdE’s first European retrospective of African-American artist Jacob Lawrence (1917–2000), one of the most significant painters of the twentieth century. Best known for his landmark 1941 series The Great Migration - sixty panels chronicling the movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North - Lawrence gave powerful visual expression to the struggles and triumphs of everyday life. Richly illustrated and featuring essays on Lawrence...