“Double Natural”

“Double Natural”

Yale University
Department of African American Studies
81 Wall St., Gordon Parks Room 201
2013-01-24, 11:45-13:15 EST (Local Time)

Ellen Gallagher, Hayden Visiting Artist
Yale University Art Gallery

Ellen Gallagher breaks the boundaries of traditional art by using materials and found images in unexpected ways. Her work often looks at how African Americans have been represented and stereotyped. She also explores her own identity and experience as an American woman of African and Irish descent. In DeLuxe (2004-2005), Gallagher experimented with printmaking by using materials including Plasticine and glitter to transform old advertisements for beauty products targeted at African Americans into a work of art.

Co-sponsored by the Yale University Art Gallery and the Dept. of African American Studies.

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