Artist Kris Graves in Conversation with Dr. Lynne Edwards

Join us virtually on March 18 at 6 pm ET to hear artist Kris Graves and Dr. Lynne Edwards, Ursinus Professor of Media and Communication Studies, discuss photography of and as social activism, and representing contemporary Black experience in America. Kris Graves’ artwork is installed in Testaments, now on view at the Berman Museum.

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In Testaments, artist Kris Graves invokes a diverse vocabulary of portraiture to bear witness to contemporary Black experience. The richly hued brilliance of the 80 portraits—made between 2014-19—that comprise The Testament Project­ underscores the power of self-representation, when portraiture becomes a consciously collaborative act. In other images, Graves portrays subjects in states of absorption, seemingly oblivious to the presence of the camera and immersed in interior thought. 

Kris Graves (b. 1982, New York City) is an American artist based in New York and London. His work primarily focuses on landscape architecture and portraiture. His powerful image of George Floyd and the words Black Lives Matter projected on a confederate monument graced the cover of National Geographic’s 2020 Year in Pictures issue. To view more of his works, visit his website or follow him on Instagram.

Lynne Edwards is a Professor of Media and Communication Studies at Ursinus College and is a Distinguished Research Fellow with the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

The recording for this event will be available soon. Please check back.

 

Hosted by the Berman Museum of Art.

All Berman events are free and open to the public.

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Zoom