Her research interests are concerned with the
photographic archive, the legacies of
African art objects in museum collections, and gender and sexuality in contemporary art of Africa and the
African diaspora.
Esopus 21 includes artists» projects by Stephen Eichhorn, Penny McCarthy, Thomas Nozkowski and Leslie Wayne; an essay on the design of the 9/11 Memorial by architect Michael Arad; poems by Chantal Bizzini; a new installment of the «Modern Artifacts» series, copresented with the Museum of Modern Art
Archives, and featuring documents related to the never - published second issue of Possibilities (edited by Robert Motherwell and Harold Rosenberg); photographer Dennis Stock's images of the 1954 world premiere of Judy Garland's A Star Is Born; an interview with playwright / filmmaker Kenneth Lonergan relating to his childhood fascination with science fiction; pages from the late Austrian artist Otto Meuhl's sketchbook featuring drawings based on Cézanne paintings; and several perspectives on the
African art collective Invisible Borders: an essay by Emmanuel Iduma accompanied by a
photographic portfolio; and a downloadable audio compilation of music and sounds curated by Emeka Okereke that relates to the collective's 2012 road trip.
His work explores
African American male identity, masculinity, notions about the father figure, and the
photographic archive, by providing a frame of reference that articulates the identities of Black men.