When I caught up with her, Deborah Willis had just returned from being one of the main conveners of the conference and exhibition, "Black Portraiture{s} II, Imaging The Black Body and Re-Staging Histories" in Florence, Italy. This was a project, she told me, that herself and professor Henry Lewis "Skip" Gates of Harvard University, started in 2005 that seeks to bridge the gap between art history and art making. The goal of the conference was also to have an intergenerational conversation among v...
Deborah Willis Discusses a Life of Creating and Encouraging Beauty in Black Photography
The Huffington Post - 15 Jun 2015 22:58
When I caught up with her, Deborah Willis had just returned from being one of the main conveners of the conference and exhibition, "Black Portraiture{s} II, Imaging The Black Body and Re-Staging Histories" in Florence, Italy. This was a project, she told me, that herself and professor Henry Lewis "Skip" Gates of Harvard University, started in 2005 that seeks to bridge the gap between art history and art making. The goal of the conference was also to have an intergenerational conversation among v...
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