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Jenni Sorkin
Jenni Sorkin is a Professor of History of Art & Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara. She writes on the intersections between gender, material culture, and contemporary art, working primarily on women artists and underrepresented media. Her books include: Live Form: Women, Ceramics and Community (University of Chicago, 2016), Revolution in the Making: Abstract Sculpture by Women Artists, 1947-2016 (Skira, 2016) and Art in California (Thames & Hudson, 2021), as well as numerous essays in journals and exhibition catalogues. She received her PhD in the History of Art from Yale University and is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Modern Craft. From 2021-22, she was Senior Scholar-in-Residence at the Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles.

Alexander Dumbadze
Alexander Dumbadze is the author of Bas Jan Ader: Death Is Elsewhere (University of Chicago Press, 2013; paperback 2015), as well as co-editor and co-author of Contemporary Art: 1989 to the Present (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013; Korean translation 2015). He is completing Jack Goldstein: All Day Night Sky (forthcoming University of Chicago Press). His critical writing has appeared in a variety of national and international publications, including Yayoi Kusama: Infinity Mirrors (Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden/Prestel, 2017). He is an Associate Professor of Art History at George Washington University, where he has taught since 2005. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.