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Talk on artist Carrie Mae Weems set Oct. 19 4:34 p.m., Oct. 10, 2006--Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, associate professor of American art at the University of Pennsylvania, will be the featured speaker at a lecture, “(Un)Lovely Louisiana: Prescient History in the Recent Work of Carrie Mae Weems,” set for 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 19, in 006 Willard Hall Education Building. Considered to be one of the most influential contemporary American photographers, Carrie Mae Weems is best known for her explorations of African-American culture. Her manipulations of photographic conventions highlight issues of race, class and gender and challenge viewers' perceptions. Shaw has won several awards and fellowships for her work and has lectured and written extensively on topics of gender and race in African-American art. The talk, which is part of UD's 2006-07 Department of Art History lecture series, Liminal Visions, Elusive Objects, is free and open to the public, and an informal question-and-answer session will follow. It is co-sponsored by the Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events and the Visiting Women Scholars Fund. For more information, call (302) 831-4523. |
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