The artist has made a point of highlighting the way
her identity as a black woman has unavoidably become central to the conversations around her work.
Not exact matches
Unlike my preference for
black coffee vs. lattes, my sexual
identity (and sexual relationship with my wife) is a very significant aspect of who I am
as a person... Do you disagree with the assertion that sexuality is integral to the
identity, and what are your thoughts on why God created you
as a gay
woman while forbidding you to ever live that out in a relationship with another
woman?
BBW I
identity myself
as Black but I'm a multiracial
woman with all the colors of the rainbow in my family.
... Superhero movies have long needed this kind of representation in terms of men and
women of color, and for
black audiences, «Black Panther» will undoubtedly be as culturally significant in the way it addresses subjects of identity, race and gender as «Wonder Woman» was to female fans.&r
black audiences, «
Black Panther» will undoubtedly be as culturally significant in the way it addresses subjects of identity, race and gender as «Wonder Woman» was to female fans.&r
Black Panther» will undoubtedly be
as culturally significant in the way it addresses subjects of
identity, race and gender
as «Wonder
Woman» was to female fans.»
Providing opportunities for other
black women is one way in which Himid's designation
as a
black feminist — dual
identities which «are not separate» — can be seen in practice.
The critical «intention» of a male white artist is trumped by those with a greater claim to the
identity at stake — «
As a
black woman, I'm offended».
Broadly interviews artist - friends Precious Okoyomon and Phoebe Collings - James about their experiences
as immigrant
black women and how their
identities inform their respective works.
In White Girls, his critically acclaimed collection of essays from 2013, he examines his
identity as a gay
black man through the white
women who have caused him pain.
Knowing that the artist proudly embraces her
identity as a
black, gay
woman, one understands the cultural implications of this artistic gesture.
Carmen Neely's work — a combination of painting and found objects — is imbued with deep intention and awareness of her
identity as a young
black woman making art in the twenty - first century.
Lorraine O'Grady Crossing disciplines including performance, criticism, photography and video, Lorraine O'Grady's meditations on
Black identity and
women's representation have positioned her
as a fore - bearer of conceptual and activist practice.
Alison Saar creates artworks that reflect themes of cultural and social
identity, history, and religion, and reflecting the plurality of her own experiences
as a
black woman artist.
Howardena Pindell's work has been featured in many landmark museum exhibitions, such
as: Contemporary
Black Artists in America (1971, Whitney Museum of American Art), Rooms (1976, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center), Another Generation (1979, The Studio Museum in Harlem), Afro - American Abstraction (1980, P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center), The Decade Show: Frameworks of
Identity in the 1980s (1990, New Museum of Contemporary Art), and Bearing Witness: Contemporary Works by African - American
Women Artists (1996, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta).
Expect vibrant large - scale tableaux that challenge traditional notions of
identity in art, such
as Mickalene Thomas's restaging of famous works by the likes of Manet and Monet with glittering, provocatively dressed
black women.
Rawan Althomali: «Nonentity» Trois Gallery 6 - 7 p.m. Join SCAD graduate student Rawan Althomali (M.F.A. photography)
as she debuts a series of stark,
black and white photographs of
women that portray
identities both specific and obscure.
While her improvised, thrift - store DIY aesthetic smacks of the populism of this year's Whitney Biennial and her global themes and global
identity (she is a
black South African
woman and an international artist) should have made her a shoe - in for Documenta XI, Rose's videos are ultimately
as much about her art practice — a fine combination of video, performance, and photography —
as about any «issue» of
identity or globalization.
As an artist critically aware of her role in the art world as an African - American woman, Jones calls upon her training and her identity to construct a revisionist history, one which acknowledges abstract work by black artists left out of art history's Modernist cano
As an artist critically aware of her role in the art world
as an African - American woman, Jones calls upon her training and her identity to construct a revisionist history, one which acknowledges abstract work by black artists left out of art history's Modernist cano
as an African - American
woman, Jones calls upon her training and her
identity to construct a revisionist history, one which acknowledges abstract work by
black artists left out of art history's Modernist canon.