Maysha Mohamedi: yesterday I was a tiny tube of toothpaste

Published on the occasion of her first solo show at Pace in Tokyo, this facsimile edition of Mohamedi’s studio notebook spotlights never-before-exhibited paintings produced in 2023 and 2024 and the varied clippings from vintage magazines and other printed ephemera that influenced their palettes. For these works, Mohamedi drew inspiration from her personal diary chronicling her brief time working in Japan two decades ago. In creating her new paintings—half of which are named for people and places that she encountered and wrote about in her journal during that trip—the artist reentered and reactivated the psychic space of her 20s, weaving together…

Published on the occasion of her first solo show at Pace in Tokyo, this facsimile edition of Mohamedi’s studio notebook spotlights never-before-exhibited paintings produced in 2023 and 2024 and the varied clippings from vintage magazines and other printed ephemera that influenced their palettes. For these works, Mohamedi drew inspiration from her personal diary chronicling her brief time working in Japan two decades ago. In creating her new paintings—half of which are named for people and places that she encountered and wrote about in her journal during that trip—the artist reentered and reactivated the psychic space of her 20s, weaving together coincidences and serendipitous situations from her formative experience abroad and the present circumstances of her life. With a new text by Brian Dillon, this volume offers an up-close look at Mohamedi’s singular process.