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Dawoud Bey : Portraits 1975 – 1995

Jun 19, 1997 - Jul 31, 1997
Portrait of black woman wearing a grey top and gold chain necklace

Dawoud Bey, Cheryl, 1991, polacolor ER photograph, 30” x 22”, Courtesy of the Rhona Hoffman Gallery Chicago, David Beitzel Gallery, New York, and the artist.

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In his early work Dawoud Bey immersed himself in the flow of street life in African-American communities, photographing people in environments that told the viewer who they were. Gradually, he created a more intense vision of his subjects. Like the men and women in nineteenth-century daguerreotypes, the subjects in Bey’s recent photos stare directly at the viewer. Self-assured, calm, fully aware of their own personal power—for they have created it—they present the world with a mystery: their gaze, body language and clothing are the only clues to their identity.

Venue Information Opening Reception
  • Date: Jun 19, 1997 - Jul 31, 1997
  • Location:Paul Robeson Campus Center
  • Curators:PRG

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