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A free virtual exhibition centering the beauty and resilience of Black subjects
The artists featured in The Black Index—Dennis Delgado, Alicia Henry, Kenyatta A.C. Hinkle, Titus Kaphar, Whitfield Lovell, and Lava Thomas—build upon the tradition of Black self-representation as an antidote to colonialist images. Using drawing, performance, printmaking, sculpture, and digital technology to transform the recorded image, these artists question our reliance on photography as a privileged source for documentary objectivity and understanding. Their works offer an alternative ... view more »
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Thursday, January 21, 2021 - 3:15pm to 4:30pm
The Dark Database: Facial Recognition and its "Failure" to Enroll
Dennis Delgado, artist, with Calvin John Smiley, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Hunter College.
Hosted by The Hunter College Art Galleries.
Thursday, February 4, 2021 - 3:15pm to 4:30pm
"A Study in Blackness and Black Identity"
Cherise Smith, Professor of African and African Diaspora Studies, UT Austin.
Hosted by UCI.
Thursday, February 18, 2021 - 3:15pm to 4:30pm
"Analogous"
Alicia Henry, Professor of Art, Fisk University with Bridget R. Cooks, Professor and Exhibition Curator, UC Irvine.
Hosted by the Palo Alto Art Center.
Friday, February 19, 2021 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
"The Black Index: Archiving Black Creativity and Resistance"
Simone Fujita, Bibliographer, African American Art History Initiative at The Getty Research Institute with Krystal Tribbett, Curator for Orange County Regional History, UC Irvine.
Hosted by The Getty.