Dawoud Bey is a photographer and educator whose portraits of people, many from marginalized communities, compel viewers to consider the reality of the subjects’ own social presence and histories. Through his expansive approach to photography—which includes deep engagement with his subjects and museum-based projects—Bey is making institutional spaces more accessible to the communities in which they are situated. Continue reading Profile: Dawoud Bey
Making visible the interior lives of women whose stories of resistance and resilience have been left out of dominant cultural narratives Okwui Okpokwasili received a B.A. (1996) from Yale University. Her performance work has been commissioned by the Walker Art Center, Danspace Project, Performance Space New York, the Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, the 10th Annual Berlin Biennale, and Jacob’s Pillow, … Continue reading Profile: Okwui Okpokwasili
Saidiya Hartman is a scholar of African American literature and cultural history whose works explore the afterlife of slavery in modern American society . Continue reading Who is Saidiya Hartman?
ynette Yiadom-Boakye’s oil paintings focus on fictional figures that exist outside of specific times and places. Continue reading Profile: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (1977-)
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