MARTINE SYMS

The idea of the shop, desire as performance, and the performance of desire have long occupied Syms’ practice. This thread traces back to Golden Age, a Chicago bookshop and project space she ran for five years, platforming international artists, including Jon Rafman’s first solo exhibition. This impulse also found expression in her 2024 exhibition at Lafayette Anticipations in Paris, a multimedia project that functioned simultaneously as artwork and concept store. Dominica Publishing began as an imprint dedicated to exploring Blackness “as a topic, reference, marker, and audience in visual culture”, which remains central to her ongoing inquiry.

Presented in the Window, the gallery’s street-facing exhibition space, Dominica Publishing brings together artwork, merchandise—including new designs—and a selection of Syms’ publications. All available for purchase.