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Portraits of Many Writers on Display at Skylight Gallery
PHOTOS: 'Her Word as Witness' Opening Reception
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Portraits of Many Writers on Display at Skylight Gallery
The Skylight Gallery of the Center for Arts & Culture at the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Center held an opening for a new exhibit last Thursday. The crowd that attended the event came to view 35 photographic portraits of black female writers, poets and artists of various ages.
The exhibition, “Her Word As Witness: Portrait Of Women Writers Of The African Diaspora,” includes photos of poet Sonia Sanchez, jazz singer Esperanza Spalding, editor Susan Taylor, journalist Danyel Smith and author Edwidge Danticat, among others.
Laylah Amatullah Barrayn, the photographer who assembled the show, said she that was inspired to do so by a documentary on James Baldwin. She saw how Mr. Baldwin wanted create portraits of African Americans in his writing to accurately tell their stories, and to show black people outside of the stereotypical roles of the time period he was living in. She fused that desire into her photography, documenting the lives of her peers and icons. -
PHOTOS: 'Her Word as Witness' Opening Reception
A photographic installation of today's most compelling writers debuts at The Skylight Gallery
Last night at the Skylight Gallery in Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn-based photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn debuted "Her Word as Witness: Women Writers of the African Diaspora," an exhibit that features 35 photographic portraits of some of today's most compelling writers, along with excerpts from their works.
Those featured include award-winning Haitian novelist and essayist Edwidge Danticat who the New York Times credits with increasing America's understanding of the Haitian immigrant; President Barack Obama's inaugural poet, Elizabeth Alexander; soul-stirring, singer-songwriter-bassist and Grammy award recipient, Esperanza Spalding and 32 other equally noteworthy literary and performance giants.
The exhibit promotes a personal and community dialogue about the artists, race, sexism, literature, love and other issues.
Other writers profiled include Malaika Adero, Tomika Anderson, asha bandele, Kristal Brent Zook, Nana Ekua Brew-Hammond, Raquel Cepeda, Kandia Crazy Horse, Tananarive Due, Coc Fusco, Carolina Gonzalez, Karen Good Marable, Farah Jasmine Griffin, Tayari Jones, Juleyka Lantigua-Williams, Demetria L. Lucas, Dominga Martin, Kierna Mayo, Bernice L. McFadden, Nekesa Moody, jessica Care moore, Joan Morgan, Jill Nelson, Liza Jessie Peterson, Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts, Sonia Sanchez, Danyel Smith, Akiba Solomon, Mecca Jamillah Sullivan, Susan L. Taylor, Terrie Williams, Ibi Aanu Zoboi and Nana Camille Yarbrough.
"Her Word as Witness" will be on display at the gallery through March 31, 2012.
