A Virtual Conversation with Ingrid Banks and Lori Tharps
- Kent
The fourth, and final, pre-opening event for TEXTURES: the history and art of Black hair, is a virtual conversation between Ingrid Banks and Lori Tharps. Moderated by the School of Art’s Anti-Racism & Crit Collective (ARCC) student group, the conversation between these two contributing authors of TEXTURES will take place on Thursday, April 1 at 5:00 P.M.
TEXTURES synthesizes research in history, fashion, art and visual culture to reassess the hair story of peoples of African descent. Long a fraught topic for African Americans and others in the diaspora, Black hair is here addressed by artists, barbers and activists in both its historical perceptions and its ramifications for self and society today. Curated by Dr. Tameka Ellington and Dr. Joseph Underwood for the Kent State University Museum.
Combs, products and implements from the collection of hair pioneer Willie Morrow are paired here with masterworks from artists like Sonya Clark, Lorna Simpson, Zanele Muholi and James Van Der Zee. The volume examines topics such as the preferential treatment of straight hair, the social hierarchies of skin, and the power and politics of display, TEXTURES is a landmark exploration of Black hair and its important, complicated place in the history of African American life and culture. Essays by Tameka N. Ellington, Joseph L. Underwood, Lori L. Tharps, Ingrid Banks, Afiya Mbilishaka and Zoé Samudzi are included in the exhibition catalogue, available throught the KSU Museum Store.
Artists: Hector Acebes, Derrick Adams, Karo Akpokiere, Deborah Anzinger, Keturah Ariel, April Bey, Charles Bohannah, Margaret Bowland, Nakeya Brown, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Tawny Chatmon, Sonya Clark, David Driskell, Sarah Duah, Andrew Esiebo, Joseph Eze, Amber Ford, Yrneh Gabon, Olaf Hajek, Nakazzi Hutchinson, Shara K. Johnson, Eric Lafforgue, Annie Lee, Delita Martin, Charlotte Mensah, Lebohang Motaung, Zanele Muholi, Althea Murphy-Price, Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Woodrow Nash, Sharon Norwood, Glenford Nuñez, Charly Palmer, Gordon Parks, Faith Ringgold, Lezley Saar, Augusta Savage, Ngozi Schommers, Devan Shimoyama, Mary Sibande, Lorna Simpson, Nelson Stevens, Ibrahima Thiam, Kehinde Wiley.