The Critical Moves: Performance in Theory & Movement Series presents:
“A Love Supreme”
Lola Flash (photographer/photojournalist and activist)
Thursday, April 13th
5:00-6:30PM, Film Forum
Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts (430 College Avenue)
In this talk, Lola Flash shares their artistic practice which focuses on the intersection of race, sexual identity, aging, and social justice activism. As a photographer who has documented the art scene in downtown New York City and the global LGBTQ+ movement for 40 years, Flash’s photography is an introspective assessment of their life experience. Their portraits unmask the elegance and love for those often deemed invisible. As an active member of ACT UP during the time of the AIDS epidemic in New York City, Flash was notably featured in the 1989 “Kissing Doesn’t Kill” poster. Flash’s art and activism are profoundly connected, fueling a life-long commitment to visibility and to preserving the legacy of LGBTQ+ and communities of color worldwide.”
Award-winning photographer Lola Flash is a longtime figure in New York's downtown art scene and their artistic practice focuses on the intersections of race, sexual identity, aging, and social justice activism. Flash directly engages those who are often deemed invisible, as their work is an introspective assessment of their life experience. Their art and activism are profoundly connected, fueling a life-long commitment to visibility, while seeking to photographically preserve the legacy of LGBTQIA+ and communities of color worldwide. Flash’s work is included in important collections such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of African American History and Culture, and the Brooklyn Museum. They are currently a proud member of the Kamoinge Collective and serve on the Board of Queer Art.
This event is funded by a Society for the Humanities Impact Grant, with generous support and co-sponsorship from the Department of Performing & Media Arts.
