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June 15, 2019

Dear Sarah, Works by Ayana V. Jackson

Sarah Forbes, 2016

 

by Artina Dozier-Gage

 

The latest showing of the works featured in Ayana V. Jackson's Dear Sarah exhibit was held at the David Klein Gallery in Detroit. Jackson is an internationally known photographer whose work examines historical black figures, specifically how they are articulated in images. Jackson, in fact, rediscovers them, giving them new life by literally embodying these figures—using of her own body to reinterpret a historic image and, thus providing a framework for the viewer to share in the examination.

embody - to make perceptible; incarnateREAD MORE