At the Brooklyn Museum looking to the art of Mickalene Thomas for inspiration, noted scholars discuss issues surrounding the black female body in the context of the art-historical canon. Visitors are invited to join the conversation.
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor Brooklyn Museum Saturday, January 12, 2013 at 2:00 PM
How has the black female body been idealized and misread in visual culture? How might these tendencies affect black women today?
A tour of the exhibition: Mickalene Thomas Origin of the Universe will precede and follow the discussion at 1 and 4 PM.
- Speakers include:
- Deborah “Deb” Willis, contemporary African American artist, photographer, curator, historian, and author; Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography and Imaging at Tisch School of the Arts at New York University
- Isolde Brielmaier, Chief Curator of Exhibitions at Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD); writer and lecturer on contemporary art
- Carla Williams, writer, speaker, coauthor of The Black Female Body: A Photographic History, and other books, Professor of Photographer at Rochester Institute Technology
- Tisa Bryant, writer who’s multilayered work often traverses the boundaries of genre, culture, and history; School of Critical Studies faculty member and Interim Faculty Co-director for Equity and Diversity at CalArts
Advance purchase is recommended at www.museumtix.com. Museum Members receive free admission; please call the Membership Hotline at 718-501-6326 for reservations. Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor, Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, N.Y. 11238-6052