Leah DeVun
Leah DeVun | |
|---|---|
| Bildung | Columbia University PhD |
| Known for | Artist Historian Photographer Researcher Writer |
Leah DeVun is a contemporary artist and historian who lives in Brooklyn, NY. She received her Ph.D. from Columbia University and is an associate professor[1] at Rutgers University, where she teaches women's and gender history.
Work
DeVun's photography work explores queer and feminist histories. Her artwork has been featured in ArtForum, Huffington Post [2], Art Papers, Hyperallergic [3], Modern Painters, and New York Magazine.
Her exhibition entitled "Our Hands On Each Other" present photographs documenting the landscapes of rural lesbian communes[4]. She also explores feminist legacies in her work with a special interest in queer and gendered communities, fashion and fandom, memory, politics, and identity.
She is the author of the book Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time[5] published by Columbia University Press in 2014.
Exhibiting Archives / Archiving Exhibits
In the publication "Radical History Review," the work of Leah DeVun is discussed in detail in an article entitled "Archives Behaving Badly."[6] The text discusses the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives and includes images of DeVun's work from the 2012 exhibition titled Latent Images.\
References
- ^ "Rutgers Faculty Directory".
- ^ Huffington Post article "Look Inside Some Of The Last Remaining All-Female Communes"
- ^ HyperAllergic.com article "How We Got Here: Portrait of the Artist as a Queer Feminist" by Clarity Haynes
- ^ "No Quaint Past: An Interview with Leah DeVun on Photography, Land Dykes, and their Architectures with Anthea Black of NoMorePotlucks.org
- ^ World Catalog link to "Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time"
- ^ "Archives Behaving Badly" in the publication "Radical History Review" published by Duke University Press