iona rozeal brown speaks at MAM

If you happen to be in Milwaukee today, head to the Milwaukee Art Museum to hear G+R artist iona Rozeal Brown talk about her latest work:

Artist Lecture: a3(afro-asiatic allegory) with iona rozeal brown

THURSDAY, MARCH 5, 6:15 PM

Come listen to iona rozeal brown as she talks about her painting sacrifice, on view in the Museum's New Acquisitions and Rotations Gallery, and her artistic influences. Her painted subjects come from the idea of the Ganguro, which literally means "black face," and fashion-conscious Japanese teenagers. She combines this imagery with 17th- and 18th-century Japanese woodblock prints of geishas, bathhouse girls, samurai, and Kabuki theater actors. The results are extreme hybrids, the combination of traditional Japanese imagery with an overtly hip-hop stylization.

Sponsored by the Contemporary Art Society and African American Art Alliance
Lubar Auditorium
Free with Museum admission