Dawoud bey

An Oral History with Dawoud Bey Artist and educator Dawoud Bey (1977 Photography) talks to An-My Lê about his experiences with community institutions and how they helped shape his art practice for Bomb Magazine. https://link.sva.edu/3Za5dKN

A new series of photographs tracks the Underground Railroad.

Opening this weekend at the Whitney, Bey’s first retrospective exhibition since the 1990s spans some 80 works and eight innovative series.

Since the 1970s, Dawoud Bey has used his camera to document communi­ties that have largely remained underrepresented or even unseen, through tender and direct portrayals of black subjects both on the street and in the studio.

Dawoud Bey

Dawoud Bey

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Dawoud Bey, Kenosha II, 1996. Dye diffusion transfer print (Polaroid) mounted on board, four parts, overall (In-situ): 59 1/4 × 44 × 1/8 in. (150.5 × 111.8 × 0.3 cm) Sheet (each): 29 1/2 × 22 in. (74.9 × 55.9 cm) Mount (each): 29 5/8 × 22 × 1/8 in. (75.2 × 55.9 × 0.3 cm) Frame (each): 30 1/2 × 23 × 2 in. (77.5 × 58.4 × 5.1 cm) Overall (framed): 61 × 46 × 2 in. (154.9 × 116.8 × 5.1 cm). Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Eric Ceputis and David W. Williams 2020.177a-d. ©…