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Emma Amos: Photo Transfer Works to Address the Contentious Body

Amos’s practice is deeply rooted in challenging perceptions of the black body as it has been depicted throughout art history by white male artists. Her work re-frames subjects and themes that address racial, geographical, gender and sexual perspectives. Beginning in the 1990s, Amos’s use of photo transfer techniques and collage is a logical process of appropriating images to re-contextualize and re-evaluate them through her own lens.

Valued (1999) is a monumental painting that depicts four shirtless black men—models and former …