BEYOND THE FRAME: CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY FROM AFRICA AND THE DIASPORA

Beyond the Frame brings together leading international scholars, curators, artists, and cultural producers to engage with the multiple perspectives, conceptual themes, and circumstances shaping the work of the current generation of African photographic and video artists.

Beyond The Frame was organized by The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery in conjunction with The Walther Collection NYC and the Department of Art History and Archeology, Columbia University.


Session 1:

Welcome/Introductions

Welcome/Introductions by Z.S. Strother, Riggio Professor of African Art, Columbia University, Artur Walther, Founder, The Walther Collection


Session 1:

Opening Remarks

Opening remarks by Session Chair Chika Okeke-Agulu, Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Art, Princeton University

Session 1:

The Expanded Subject

New Perspectives in Photographic Portraiture from Africa: Sandrine Colard, Ph.D., Columbia University

Session 1:

Itineracy Through The Lens

M. Neelika Jayawardane, Associate Professor of English, State University of New York-Oswego; Andrew Esiebo, Multimedia artist and photographer; Dawit L. Petros, Visual Artist.

Session 1:

Remarks/Q&A

Remarks by Chair—Chika Okeke-Agulu, Associate Professor of African and African Diaspora Art, Princeton University—Questions, and Discussion.

Session 2:

Opening Remarks

Opening remarks by Session Chair Kerryn Greenberg, Curator (International Art), Tate Modern.

Session 2:

Platforms for African Photography

Antawan Byrd, Ph.D. candidate, Northwestern University; John Fleetwood, Director, Photo, Johannesburg; Eva Langret, Tiwani Contemporary, London; Artur Walther, Founder, The Walther Collection; Moderated by Allison Moore, Assistant Professor, African and Contemporary Art History, University of South Florida.

Session 2:

Publishing and Criticism of African Photography

Emmanuel Iduma, Fiction writer and art critic; Missla Libsekal, Founder,
Another Africa; Yvette Mutumba (via skype), Curator, Contemporary And; John Peffer, Associate Professor of Art History, Ramapo College; Moderated by Brendan Wattenberg, Managing Editor, Aperture magazine

Session 2:

Remarks by Chair, Questions, and Discussion

Remarks by Chair—Kerryn Greenberg, Curator (International Art), Tate
Modern—Questions, and Discussion. Closing Remarks, Deborah Cullen,
Director & Chief Curator, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery.