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Open Air: Artist Talk with YoYo Lander

Image courtesy Zidoun & Bossuyt.

Ages:
All ages
Cost:
Free/virtual
  • About This Program

    Open Air is a monthly virtual series of live intimate conversations with Black artists of all disciplines. Globally renowned curator Dexter Wimberly leads an engaging dialogue and review with artists across the African diaspora, who are usually featured in current exhibitions at the Center.

    For February's installment, tune in and hear from artist YoYo Lander whose solo exhibition, Between The Quiet, is currently on view.

    This program will be livestreamed on our YouTube channel.

  • About The Artist

    YoYo Lander's arresting collages celebrate the beauty, strength, and vulnerability of her Black subjects. Lander highlights intricacies of bodies and movement and compellingly captures the demeanor of her subjects. She takes several photographs of each of her sitters to use as reference material, then combines those perspectives into singular compositions by layering cut pieces of dyed watercolor paper on top of canvas, resulting in textural, multihued bodyscapes.

    According to Lander, "My art explores the essence of humanity. My passion is to use body language as an introduction to the context. Choosing my subjects is very intuitive. I go with what I feel. I take several photographs of my subjects; then, I combine them to express a definitive image through individually stained pieces of watercolor paper. When the work is complete, one will find a sense of truth, perhaps a moment that you've seen or experienced."

  • About The Host

    Dexter Wimberly is an American curator based in Japan who has organized exhibitions in galleries and institutions around the world including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, The Green Family Art Foundation in Dallas, KOKI Arts in Tokyo, Bode Projects in Berlin, and The Third Line in Dubai. His exhibitions have been reviewed and featured in publications including The New York Times and Artforum; and have received support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and The Kinkade Family Foundation. Wimberly is a Senior Critic at New York Academy of Art, and the founder and director of the Hayama Artist Residency in Japan. He is also the co-founder and CEO of the online education platform, CreativeStudy.

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