Jyll Bradley: Running and Returning

• First monograph on this acclaimed artist
• Contributions from key figures in contemporary art and literature
• New, richly illustrated insights into the four-decade practice of the artist
• Accompanies the artist's major survey show at The Box, Plymouth

Running and Returning is the first comprehensive monograph of internationally acclaimed artist Jyll Bradley, whose diverse practice spans over four decades and encompasses photography, film, writing, performance, sculpture and large-scale public installations. A pioneer of adopting commercial lightbox technology in art, Bradley is renowned for her use of minimalist, industrial forms as spaces for exploring identity, spirituality and community. Her ambitious public realm artworks, such as Green/Light (for M.R.) (Folkestone Triennial), Dutch/Light (Turner Contemporary) and The Hop (Hayward Gallery), reflect her innovative approach to sculpture as a potent gathering place of people and ideas.

This richly illustrated book features some of the most exciting voices in contemporary art and literature exploring every aspect of Bradley’s multifaceted practice. Running and Returning will provide a vital resource for those familiar with Bradley’s work, while introducing her to new audiences in an accessible, engaging and imaginative way.

Author contributions:
Jyll Bradley, Adesola Akinleye, Anna Clyne, Helena Goldwater, Melanie Kress, Nicoletta Lambertucci, Noreen Masud, Debbie Meniru, Abi Palmer, Victoria Pomery, Professor Andrew Renton, Gemma Rolls-Bentley, Ralph Rugoff, Blair Todd, Fatoş Üstek, and David Ward.

Jyll Bradley (author) is an acclaimed artist and writer. She has exhibited internationally, with major public installations including the Hayward Gallery, London (2022); The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (2021); Sculpture in the City, London (2020); and the Folkestone Triennial, Kent (2014). Adesola Akinleye (author) is an artist-scholar and choreographer whose work encompasses live performance, film, installation and text. They founded and are Co-Artistic Director of DancingStrong Movement Lab. Anna Clyne (contributor) is a Grammy-nominated composer, named by Bachtrack as one of the top ten most performed contemporary composers in the world and the most performed living female British composer in both 2022 and 2023. Helena Goldwater (author) makes performance art and paintings. Her work has been shown internationally, including at Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona; de Appel, Amsterdam; Tate Britain, London; Tate Liverpool; and as part of Venice International Performance Art Week. Melanie Kress (author) is a curator and writer based in New York. She is Senior Curator at Public Art Fund and was previously Assistant Curator of High Line Art. Nicoletta Lambertucci (author) is Curator, Modern and Contemporary British Art at Tate Britain. She was the inaugural Contemporary Art Curator at The Box, Plymouth, from 2017 to 2023, and curated the Serbian Pavilion for the Venice Biennale in 2019. Noreen Masud (author) is a lecturer in 20th-century literature at the University of Bristol. Her memoir A Flat Place (2023) was shortlisted for the Women’s Prize for Non-Fiction, the Jhalak Prize, the Ondaatje Prize and the Young Writer of the Year Award. Debbie Meniru (author) is a writer and curator whose work explores the melding of fact and fiction in both art and text. She is Assistant Curator, Interpretation, at Tate Modern and Tate Britain, London. Abi Palmer (author) is an artist, writer and film-maker exploring the relationship between linguistic and physical communication. Victoria Pomery (author) has been CEO of The Box since October 2021. The Box, Plymouth’s new museum, gallery and archive, opened in autumn 2020. Prior to this, Pomery was the founding Director of Turner Contemporary in Margate. Professor Andrew Renton (author) is a writer and curator. He is Professor of Curating at Goldsmiths, University of London. Gemma Rolls-Bentley (author) is a curator, writer and consultant. Her most recent publication is Queer Art: From Canvas to Club and the Spaces Between (2024). Ralph Rugoff (author) has been Director of the Hayward Gallery, London, since 2006. He was the Curator and Artistic Director of the 2019 Venice Biennale, and Curator of the Biennale de Lyon in 2015. Blair Todd (author) is a curator and writer, currently based in Oxfordshire. He is interested in exploring alternative models of learning, with residencies and other platforms for experimentation, bringing people together, to be poetic, to be useful. Fatoş Üstek (author) is an independent curator and writer working internationally. She is Co-founder and Managing Director of FRANK Fair Artist Pay, Curator of Frieze Sculpture (London) and author of The Art Institution of Tomorrow: Reinventing the Model (2023). David Ward (contributor) is known for his work in light- and time-based media including photography, film, sound and performance. He is represented in collections including Tate, London; National Portrait Gallery, London; and the Fogg Museum at Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, MA.