New York-born artist Deana Lawson is renowned for her photo-based works that address themes of memory, community, and familial legacy. She constantly questions the multifarious identity and materiality of Black culture through carefully staged portraits of subjects based on drawings and sketches she creates before each photo session. Her portraiture often includes predetermined objects, such as furnishings in her images taken in domestic indoor spaces, to elevate distinct narratives on Blackness...
New York-born artist Deana Lawson is renowned for her photo-based works that address themes of memory, community, and familial legacy. She constantly questions the multifarious identity and materiality of Black culture through carefully staged portraits of subjects based on drawings and sketches she creates before each photo session. Her portraiture often includes predetermined objects, such as furnishings in her images taken in domestic indoor spaces, to elevate distinct narratives on Blackness...
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