We’re giving away copies of a beautiful monograph on the work of Los Angeles-based artist Liza Lou, courtesy of our friends at Rizzoli! Featuring essays by Glenn Adamson, Julia Bryan-Wilson, Cathleen Chaffee and Elisabeth Sherman, along with an interview by Carrie Mae Weems, Liza Lou is the most comprehensive look at the acclaimed artist known for her intricate beadwork installations and hangings.

Lou first gained attention in 1996 with her room-sized sculpture “Kitchen” at the New Museum in New York. The project represented five years of individual labour and subverted standards of art by introducing glass beads as a fine art material. Blurring the boundary between fine art and craft, “Kitchen” established Lou’s long-standing exploration of materiality, process, social consciousness and beauty.