Dawoud Bey's American Project

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Dawoud Bey's American Project

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Date

May 19, 2021

Abstract

This article reviews the mid-career of photographer and College for Creative Studies (CCS) honorary doctorate Dawoud Bey mounted in 2021 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The article reviews Bey's development as a street photographer in Harlem in the 1970s to the adoption of more formal portraiture techniques midcareer to his current, more metaphorical work.

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PopMatters

Subject Terms

Black Arts Movement; Civil Rights Movement; Dawoud Bey: An American Project; photography; Whitney Museum of American Art; exhibit; exhibition; art; review

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Carducci_Bey.pdf

Citation

Vince Carducci, “Dawoud Bey's American Project,” CCS Research Repository, accessed October 14, 2024, https://omeka.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/items/show/55.

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