ICA: Conversations on Deana Lawson: Deborah Willis and Oluremi Onabanjo
ICA/Boston presents a intimate and conversational talk in conjunction with Deana Lawson, the first museum survey dedicated to the work of this important artist. This conversation will explore Lawson’s work within a longer history of photography, frames of representation, and Black visual cultures.
Deborah Willis, PhD, is University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She is the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. She is the author of The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship and Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present, among others.
Oluremi C. Onabanjo is an Associate Curator in the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The former Director of Exhibitions and Collections for The Walther Collection, she has organized exhibitions across Africa, Europe, and North America. In 2017, she co-curated Recent Histories: Contemporary African Photography and Video Art, and edited its accompanying publication (Steidl), which was shortlisted for an ICP Infinity Award in Critical Writing and Research (2018).
ICA: Conversations on Deana Lawson: Deborah Willis and Oluremi Onabanjo
ICA: Conversations on Deana Lawson: Deborah Willis and Oluremi Onabanjo
ICA/Boston presents a intimate and conversational talk in conjunction with Deana Lawson, the first museum survey dedicated to the work of this important artist. This conversation will explore Lawson’s work within a longer history of photography, frames of representation, and Black visual cultures.
Deborah Willis, PhD, is University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. She is the recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship and a member of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. She is the author of The Black Civil War Soldier: A Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship and Posing Beauty: African American Images from the 1890s to the Present, among others.
Oluremi C. Onabanjo is an Associate Curator in the Department of Photography at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). The former Director of Exhibitions and Collections for The Walther Collection, she has organized exhibitions across Africa, Europe, and North America. In 2017, she co-curated Recent Histories: Contemporary African Photography and Video Art, and edited its accompanying publication (Steidl), which was shortlisted for an ICP Infinity Award in Critical Writing and Research (2018).
ICA: Conversations on Deana Lawson: Deborah Willis and Oluremi Onabanjo