Todd Gray | |
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| Born | 1954 Los Angeles, California |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts |
| Known for | Photo, performance, sculpture, installation |
| Website | toddgrayart |
Todd Gray (born 1954) works in photography, performance and sculpture[1] as a contemporary artist who lives and works in Los Angeles, California and Akwidaa, Ghana.
Writing in the catalogue for the exhibition Black is, Black Ain't at the Renaissance Society, Chicago, Amy M. Mooney writes "critics have noted that Gray's work is "fluent in cultural iconography, driven by introspection, and steeped in issues of corporate politics and racial identity" and that his self-portraits thwart a traditional read of the exterior likeness".[2] Gray describes himself as an artist and activist who primarily focuses on issues of race, class, gender, and colonialism, and uses these lenses to challenge binaries in the past and present.[3] In general, his work aims to challenge the viewer both by what he is including and what he is leaving out.[4]
- ^ "Todd Gray." Meliksetian | Briggs, http://www.meliksetianbriggs.com/artists/todd-gray
- ^ English, Darby; et al. (2013). Black is, Black Ain't. Chicago: The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago. ISBN 978-0941548601.
- ^ "Todd Gray - Art, Bio, Insights - Artsy". www.artsy.net. Retrieved 2019-10-26
- ^ Roth, Charlene (March 2005). "todd Gray at Luckman Gallery". Artweek. 36: 20-20- via Art Full Text (H.W.Wilson).