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Due to restrictions recently issued by Governor Inslee to reduce the rates of COVID-19 transmission, the Jacob Lawrence Gallery will be closed to the public until further notice. Ilana Harris-Babou’s exhibition, Long Con, will remain open to the students, faculty, and staff of the University of Washington School of Art + Art History + Design, and we have extended the exhibition until January 16, 2021, in the hopes that we will be able to open the exhibition to the public sometime in the weeks ahead. In the meantime, please stay tuned for exhibition walkthroughs, documentation, and conversations on the Jacob Lawrence Gallery’s social media channels: Instagram, Facebook, Vimeo.
Appointments are required to visit and masks must be worn; learn more.Jacob Lawrence Gallery hours are Tuesday–Friday, 10am–5pm, and Saturday, 1–5pm.
The Jacob Lawrence Gallery is pleased to present Ilana Harris-Babou: Long Con, premiering the artist’s most recent video work, Long Con. The new video skewers the wellness industry through stories about well-known fortune tellers and health gurus, such as the Honduran healer Alfredo Darrington Bowman, aka Dr. Sebi, and Youree Dell Harris, aka Psychic Readers Network spokeswoman Miss Cleo.Commissioned by The Black Embodiments Studio, Long Con is presented alongside two of Harris-Babou’s other recent video works: 2019’s Decision Fatigue, a parody of wellness culture that takes the form of a makeup tutorial, and 2018’s Reparation Hardware, a scathing critique of consumerism that promises absolution from the incalculable violence of slavery through handcrafted objects. Additional exhibition information is at the link below. |
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