Blackness in Abstraction is a 2016 book for the exhibition from the same year. The exhibition was curated by Adrienne Edwards and explores the use of black in abstract art from the 1940s to the present. The exhibit positios black as a powerful, evocative force rather than just a color. Published by Pace Gallery, the book features works by 29 intergenerational artists examining blackness as a material, method, and mode. The book contains color photographs of the pieces from the exhibition separated by each artist who was featured.