Contact information
Name:
Michiko Okaya, Wendy Wilson-Fall
Phone:
610 330 5361
Email:
artgallery@lafayette.edu
Categories:
When:
Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 4:10pm - 5:30pm
Where:
Gendebien room, Skillman Library
Presenter:
Susan Kart, Assistant Professor of African Arts, Department of Art|Architecture|Design and the Africana Studies Program, at Lehigh University .
Price:
Free
There is, as the legends go, a ubiquitous water deity/goddess/spirit known throughout Atlantic traditions as beautiful but dangerous, a mother and a seductress, a lover and a nightmare. Wealthy and jealous, she can bring about tremendous riches only to snatch them back when she has been wronged. She governs the waters of life and death: the middle passage from and the home going to Africa. Children behave for her, men fear her, women guard her. And after this year, I suspect her favorite drink is lemonade. We will unpack the mysteries of Mami Wata and Beyoncé’s breath-taking incarnation of her in this talk about power, beauty and #BlackGirlMagic.
Kart is Assistant Professor of African Arts, Department of Art|Architecture|Design and the Africana Studies Program, at Lehigh University.
Presented in conjunction with the Grossman Gallery exhibition Breach by Los Angeles based artist Alison Saar. Her paintings and mixed media sculpture weave narratives informed by the Great Mississippi River Flood of 1927, sourcing inspiration from historical documentation, mythology, poetry, and music.
Please note the date change from Oct. 17
Sponsored by:
Africana Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Lafayette Art Galleries