ARTBOOK BLOGEventsStore NewsMuseum Stores of the MonthNew Title ReleasesStaff PicksImage GalleryBooks in the MediaExcerpts & EssaysArtbook InterviewsEx LibrisAt First SightThe Artbook 2023 Gift GuidesArtbook Featured Image ArchiveArtbook D.A.P. Events ArchiveDATE 11/27/2023 The Academy Museum presents Peter Spirer and Big Boy for a Los Angeles screening and signing of 'Book of Rhyme & Reason'DATE 11/27/2023 Forever ValentinoDATE 11/25/2023 Indigenous wisdom in 'Let's Become Fungal'DATE 11/23/2023 Happy Thanksgiving from Artbook | D.A.P.!DATE 11/20/2023 Holiday Gift Staff Pick: Kerry James Marshall: The Complete PrintsDATE 11/17/2023 Fotografiska presents a book signing with Andrew DosunmuDATE 11/17/2023 Shaggy and spontaneous, 'The New York Tapes' collects Alan Solomon’s mid-60s interviews for televisionDATE 11/17/2023 Book Soup presents the LA launch of 'Stephen Hilger: In the Alley'DATE 11/15/2023 Holiday Gift Guide 2023: Stocking StuffersDATE 11/15/2023 Havoc and stardust in Bruce Gilden's 'Haiti'DATE 11/14/2023 Holiday Gift Guide 2023: For the Art ObsessedDATE 11/13/2023 Holiday Gift Guide 2023: For the Photo LoverDATE 11/13/2023 ‘Going Dark’ probes the stakes of being seen | AT FIRST SIGHTKARA SAULSBERRY | DATE 10/28/2010Phyllis Galembo: MaskePhyllis Galembo is a Professor of Art at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Galembo’s work has been exhibited and collected by museums and institutions all over the world, including the American Museum of Natural History, the Fashion Institute of Technology, the Smithsonian, MFA Houston, Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography.For over two decades Galembo has been documenting cultural and religious traditions in Africa and the African Diaspora. Galembo began photographing in Nigeria in 1985; today she finds her subjects throughout western and central Africa that participate in traditional African ceremonies, masquerade events, contemporary dress, and carnivals. These participants use their costumes to create mythic characters; some are humorous and critical, others are bold and frightening. No matter what the mood, Galembo’s photographs always describe the transformative power of the mask. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |