Artist Talk: Deanna Bowen | Thursday 26 November

Join us via Zoom for a conversation with the artist behind 'Black Drones in the Hive'

 

Black and white photo of Deanna Bowen, a Black woman with dark-rimmed glasses, small hoop earrings and long black hair pulled back in braids wearing a button-down denim shirtMontreal-based artist Deanna Bowen discusses her solo exhibition, Black Drones in the Hive, in conversation with KWAG Senior Curator Crystal Mowry.

This virtual event will be hosted on Zoom - please follow this link to register to attend.

Deanna Bowen makes use of a repertoire of artistic gestures to define the Black body and trace its presence and movement in place and time. In recent years, her work has involved a rigorous examination of her family lineage and their connections to the Black Prairie pioneers of Alberta and Saskatchewan, the Creek Negroes and All-Black towns of Oklahoma, the extended Kentucky/Kansas Exoduster migrations, and the Ku Klux Klan. The artistic products of this research have been exhibited extensively and Bowen's works have garnered significant critical regard internationally. In 2020, Bowen was named one of eight winners of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts, an annual award for outstanding contributions to Canadian creativity.

Black Drones in the Hive is on view at KWAG until 28 February 2021.


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Artist Talks at KWAG are kindly supported by Momentum Developments and Sorbara Law.

 

 

 

When
November 26th, 2020 from  7:00 PM to  8:00 PM
Location
Zoom
ON
Canada