Join Lyle Ashton Harris and Renee Cox for a virtual program in conjunction with the exhibition "Lyle Ashton Harris: Our first and last love." Friends and sometimes collaborators Lyle Ashton Harris and Renee Cox became prominent in the 1990s with provocative work which invited controversy, challenging and subverting white patriarchal supremacy.

Harris and Cox will highlight their 1994 collaboration, Venus Hottentot 2000, which transforms the tragic and exploited figure of Saartjie Baartman, also known as the Hottentot Venus, into a mighty woman warrior. In addition, both artists will discuss their distinct artistic practice and their mutual use of performative self-portraiture to explore Black identity, sexuality, and gender.

Dr. Gannit Ankori, Henry and Lois Director and Chief Curator and Brandeis Professor of Fine Arts and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies will moderate this virtual conversation.