Lorraine O'Grady

Photographs by Stefan Ruiz for The New Yorker
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Biography

Lorraine O'Grady (1934-2024) was an American conceptual and performance artist.  In O’Grady’s works across mediums including text, photo-installation, video, and performance, multiple emotions and ideas coexist. She explored cultural constructions - namely race and gender- from a Black woman's viewpoint. Her work rejected binaries in any form.  O'Grady received her BA in economics from Wellesley College in 1956. She received her MFA from the University of Iowa in 1967 from the Iowa Writers Workshop. 

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Performance Art
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Conceptual
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Gender/Sexuality
Race
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Northeast (USA)
Time Period
Contemporary (1960s-present)

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