Upcoming Event: Virtual Book Signing 3/21

Tropical Aesthetics of Black Modernism

Mark your calendars for a conversation between author Samantha Noel and artist La Vaughn Belle. The two will be discussing Noel’s work, Tropical Aesthetics of Black Modernism with a reading from the author to kick off the event.
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Monday, March 21
4pm - Zoom
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Samantha A. Noël is an Associate Professor of Art History at Wayne State University. She received her B.A. in Fine Art from Brooklyn College, C.U.N.Y., and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from Duke University. Her research interests revolve around the history of art, visual culture and performance of the Black Diaspora. She has published on black modern and contemporary art and performance in journals such as Small Axe, Third Text and Art Journal.

La Vaughn Belle borrows from elements of architecture, history and archeology, creating narratives that challenge colonial hierarchies and invisibility. Belle explores the material culture of coloniality and her work presents countervisualities and narratives. She is the co-creator of “I Am Queen Mary”, the artist-led groundbreaking monument that confronted the Danish colonial amnesia while commemorating the legacies of resistance of the African people who were brought to the former Danish West Indies.
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