Double Exposure: Artist Party (Event Over)

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The evening is the public opening and festive celebration of Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera.   MoAD is proud to be the first venue of this nationally traveling exhibition.   The exhibition unites historical photographic images from the Amistad Center for Art and Culture at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art in Hartford, Connecticut with contemporary photo-based artists.   The historical images include works by: James VanDerZee, Roy DeCarava, and Betye Saar.    Contemporary works include artists such as: Carrie Mae Weems and Dawoud Bey.   The works initiate a profound multigenerational dialogue about the notion of “double exposure” as it presents work that reflects both contemporary and historical issues of identity, family, and culture that concern us all. Includes works by contemporary photographers: Maya Freelon Asante, April Banks, Sheila Pree Bright, Kesha Bruce, Albert Chong, Renee Cox, Gerald Cyrus, Alan Kimara Dixon, Bridget Goodman, Myra Greene, Leslie Hewitt, Melvina Lathan, Stephanie Lindsey, Willie Middlebrook, Wendy Phillips, Glynnis Reed, Bayete Ross Smith, Lorna Simpson, Clarisaa Sligh, Darryl Smith, Carrie Mae Weems, Amanda Williams, Lewis Watts, Carla Williams, Hank Willis Thomas, and Deborah Willis.

This public opening of Double Exposure will feature two live bands, DJ, Cocktails, wine, and simple hors d’oeuvres.