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The exhibition, curated by Stephanie Snyder from major U.S. collections and artists’ studios, extends conventional display strategies to examine the material, social, and historical associations of each work. Featured artists include Nick Cave, Glenn Ligon, Faith Ringgold, Kara Walker, and others, with public talks and receptions scheduled across February 2008.","Contact: Stephanie Snyder, Curator  \nDouglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery, Reed College 503/777-7251 (office); 503/367-7004 (cell); [snyders@reed.edu](snyders@reed.edu)[ ](snyders@reed.edu)[Please phone or email for print resolution photos.](Please phone or email for print resolution photos.)  \nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE  \nCOOLEY GALLERY PRESENTS WORKS BY MAJOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS ALONGSIDE HISTORICAL EPHEMERA  \nPORTLAND, OR (January 14, 2008)– From January 22 – March 2, 2008, the Douglas F. Cooley Memorial Art Gallery presents Working History, African American Objects, an exploration of African American art and material culture that exhibits cutting edge contemporary art—created during the last 20 years—alongside historical ephemera. The exhibition is curated by Cooley Gallery director and curator Stephanie Snyder from major U.S. collections, as well as from artists’ studios and regional archives.  \nA public celebration for Working History will take place on February 15, 6:30 p.m., beginning with a free public artist talk by partipating artist Nick Cave, at 6:30 p.m in Vollum Lounge on the Reed campus, followed by a reception at the Cooley Gallery from 8:00-10:00 p.m.  \nExhibiting artists: Nick Cave, Willie Cole, David Hammons, Glenn Ligon, Fred Wilson, Io Palmer, Kianga Ford, Dave McKenzie, Adrian Piper, Kara Walker, Sam Durant, Lorraine O’Grady, and Faith Ringgold.  \nView the contemporary works in the exhibition at: [http://www.reed.edu/gallery/workinghistory.htm](http://www.reed.edu/gallery/workinghistory.htm)  \n[Special winter gallery hours: Thursday](Special winter gallery hours: Thursday)–[Sunday](Sunday), 12 noon to 6 p.m. Always free.  \nCOOLEY GALLERY OUTSTANDING AFRICAN AMERICAN ARTISTS LECTURE SERIES  \nNick Cave: “Art and Performance Lecture”  \nFriday, February 15, 6:30 p.m.  \nVollum Lounge, Reed College  \nFollowed by a reception at the Cooley from 8:00–10:00 p.m.  \nIo Palmer: “Artist Talk”  \nFriday, February 22, 6:30 p.m.  \nEliot Hall room 314, Reed College, followed by a gallery walk-though  \nFaith Ringgold: “30 Years and an Artist and Activist”  \nSunday, February 24, 3:00 p.m.  \nKaul Auditorium, Reed College  \nKianga Ford: “Artist Talk”  \nWednesday, February 27, 6:30 p.m.  \nEliot Hall room 314, Reed College, followed by a gallery walk-though  \nThis lecture series was made possible in by a grant from the Oregon Council for the Humanities (OCH), a statewide nonprofit organization and independent affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities, which funds OCH’s grant program.  \nExhibition Description  \nWorking History brings together exceptional works of art by contemporary African American artists, and—extending conventional exhibition strategies—displays the work in the same context as historical artifacts and ephemera, further exploring the works’material, social, and historical associations. Each artist in Working History explores and reworks accepted historical narratives, re-making, making strange and co-opting the traces of specific histories, identities, events, and materials.  \nIn “African American Flag,”(1989) for example, David Hammons remakes the U.S. flag in the pan-African colors red, green and black, creating an optimistic yet ironic symbol of nationhood and cultural affiliation. In the “Runaways” series (1993), Glenn Ligon adopts the graphic structure of 19th century runaway slave posters in order to consider black masculinity and autobiography. Faith Ringgold performs a similar transformation when she employs traditional quilt-making techniques to create a stitched and painted portrait of openly gay African American filmmaker Marlon Riggs (1994), placing Riggs on a vertical swath of color atthe center of the quilt like an infant Christ surrounded by “saintly” black historical figures. 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