Angélica Dass

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Angélica Dass
A. Dass.jpg
Portrait of Angélica Dass
Born1979
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NationalityBrazilian
Known forHumanæ
Websitehttps://angelicadass.com/
External video
video icon The Beauty of human skin in every color, TED talk, 2016

Angélica Dass (born 1979) is a Brazilian photographer based in Madrid, Spain[1] and is the creator of the project Humanæ.[2] She gave a TED talk in March 2016 called "The beauty of human skin in every color" about how skin colors "make us see each other as different, even though we are equal."[3]

Biography[]

Angélica Dass was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1979.[4] She currently lives in Madrid, Spain.[5]

Work[]

Angelica's work goes beyond museums and is used in classrooms.[6] She has lectured at many famous universities, such as the University of Salamanca, the University of Bologna, or the UERJ - Rio de Janeiro.[5]She has also lectured at Tate Modern and the National Geographic and the World Economic Forum.[7]

Project Humanæ[]

Sample color block showing hues for the color "chestnut"

She created her portrait project Humanæ in 2012[8] while studying at Spain's ETI.[9] She began with photographs of her Spanish husband, herself and their families. By matching a strip of pixels from the nose of a person's photograph to color cards from Pantone,[10] she has created a catalogue of human skin colors that are displayed as a collage of Pantone portraits.[11] The display is intended to create a dialogue about how we see each other and how we view race, ethnicity and identity[12] It includes over 4,000 pictures of people in 17 countries and 27 cities around the world.[13]

Humanæ is a traveling exhibit[14] and has been in such places as the Daelim Museum in Seoul, South Korea; the Uribitarte Promenade, in Bilbao, Spain; the Upho Urban Photo Festival in Malaga, Spain; the Museo della Scienza e della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, in Milan, Italy; and Habitat III, UN Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, in Quito, Ecuador;[15] the Migration Museum in London,[16] Kingsport, Tennessee and International Photography Festival in Israel.[17]

References[]

  1. ^ "Meet the woman making a point about race by photographing every human skin tone". Newsweek. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  2. ^ "Humanae by Angélica Dass". Vogue (in Italian). 16 February 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  3. ^ Dass, Angélica. "Angélica Dass | Speaker | TED". Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Changing the Conversation on Race: Angélica Dass Reveals our Pantone® Shades in "Humanae"". On art and aesthetics. 5 December 2018. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. ^ a b "About". Angélica Dass. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  6. ^ Diwan, Pietra (22 June 2020). "Angelica Dass, the struggle for humanity and its beauty". Doral Family Journal. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Public Speaking archivo". Angélica Dass. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  8. ^ Macdonald, Fiona. "The artist who reveals our Pantone shades". Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  9. ^ "AQ Top 5 Latin American Art Activists: Angélica Dass". americasquarterly.org. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  10. ^ "An Artist Finds True Skin Colors in a Diverse Palette". Magazine. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  11. ^ Angelica Dass's 'Humanae' breaks down categories of race, 17 July 2018, retrieved 20 November 2018
  12. ^ "Where in the world has Humanae been?". TED Blog. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  13. ^ Macdonald, Fiona. "The artist who reveals our Pantone shades". Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  14. ^ "An Artist Finds True Skin Colors in a Diverse Palette". 12 March 2018. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  15. ^ "Where in the world has Humanae been?". TED Blog. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  16. ^ "Meet the woman making a point about race by photographing every human skin tone". Newsweek. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 20 November 2018.
  17. ^ Israel: 200 artists flock to Int'l Photography Fest, retrieved 24 July 2019
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