Phyllis Galembo

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Phyllis Galembo (born 1952) is an American photographer living in New York City.

Galembo has published seven monographs, including, Sodo (2021),[1] Mexico: Masks, Rituals (2019),[2] Maske (2016),[3] Dressed for thrills : 100 years of Halloween costumes & masquerade (2002),[4] Divine inspiration : from Benin to Bahia (1993),[5] Vodou : visions and voices of Haiti (1998),[6] Pale Pink (1983).[7] Galembo was a Guggenheim Foundation Fellow in 2014,[8] as well as a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellow in 2016,[9] 2010, and 1996,[10] and a Senior Fulbright Research Award in 1993–94, Kings, Chiefs and Women of Power, Nigeria. [11] She earned an MFA from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, 1977.[12]

Exhibitions[]

In 1993, Galembo showed work illustrating the religious traditions of Nigeria and the spiritual practices of Brazil introduced from Africa via the slave trade at the International Center of Photography.[13] In 1998 Kings, Chiefs, and Women of Power: Images from Nigeria was exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History.[14] In 2005 her work was also exhibited at Sepia International,[15][16] in 2007 at the Tang Museum (Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, curated by Ian Berry) as West African Masquerade: Photographs by Phyllis Galembo.[17] Phyllis Galembo: Maske was exhibited at Steven Kasher Gallery in N.Y.C. in 2011 .[18] Work by Galembo was included in the 2013 exhibition The Encyclopedic Palace at the 55th Venice Biennale, curated by Massimiliano Gioni.[19] In 2020 Galembo's work was exhibited at the Boca Raton Museum of Art [20] in a show entitled Phyllis Galembo: Maske.

Collections[]

Works by Galembo are in the collection of the Mead Art Museum at Amherst College,[21] the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston,[22] the Metropolitan Museum of Art[23] and the Wisconsin Union Art Collection.[12]

Publications[]

  • Pale pink (1983)[24]
  • Aso-ebi, Cloth of the Family (1997), sponsored by New York Council for the Arts [25]
  • Divine inspiration: from Benin to Bahia (1998)[26]
  • Dressed for thrills: 100 years of Halloween costumes & masquerade (2002)[27]
  • Vodou: visions and voices of Haiti (20005)[28]
  • Maske (2010,[29][30][31] 2016)[32][33]
  • Phyllis Galembo: Mexico, Masks and Rituals (2019)[34]
  • Sodo, Datz press (2021)[35]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.store.datzpress.kr/publications/sodo
  2. ^ Nnadi, Chioma. "Phyllis Galembo's New Book Offers a Rare Glimpse Inside the World of Mexican Ritual Dress". Vogue. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  3. ^ "Phyllis Galembo: Peering behind the mask". The Telegraph. 2016-03-16. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  4. ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: DRESSED FOR THRILLS: 100 Years of Halloween Costumes & Masquerade by Phyllis Galembo". www.publishersweekly.com. 2002-02-09. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  5. ^ "Religion Book Review: Divine Inspiration: From Benin to Bahia by Phyllis Galembo, Author, Phyllis Galembo, Photographer, Joseph Nevdomsky, Designed by University of New Mexico Press $35 (169p) ISBN 978-0-8263-1378-2". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  6. ^ Galembo, Phyllis (1998). Vodou: visions and voices of Haiti. Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-0-89815-989-9. OCLC 39164622.
  7. ^ "Pale pink : Phyllis Galembo | SAIC Digital Collections". digitalcollections.saic.edu.
  8. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Phyllis Galembo".
  9. ^ "NYFA Announces Recipients and Finalists for 2016 Artists' Fellowship Program". July 8, 2016.
  10. ^ "Names You Know".
  11. ^ https://libraries.uark.edu/specialcollections/fulbrightdirectories/1993%20-%201994.pdf
  12. ^ Jump up to: a b "Permanent Collection » Wisconsin Union". union.wisc.edu.
  13. ^ "Divine Inspiration: From Benin To Bahia, Photographs By Phyllis Galembo". International Center of Photography. 2016-02-23. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  14. ^ https://data.library.amnh.org/archives-authorities/results/?q=galembo
  15. ^ Smith, Roberta (2005-07-15). "Art in Review; Phyllis Galembo (Published 2005)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  16. ^ Reid, Calvin (December 2005). "EXHIBITION REVIEWS, PHYLLIS GALEMBO". Art in America.
  17. ^ "West African Masquerade: Photographs by Phyllis Galembo". The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art.
  18. ^ http://www.stevenkasher.com/artists/phyllis-galembo
  19. ^ "Africa triumphs at the Venice Biennale". BBC News. 2013-06-06. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  20. ^ https://bocamuseum.org/art/phyllis-galembo-maske
  21. ^ "Collections Database". museums.fivecolleges.edu. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  22. ^ "Midnight Princess". .
  23. ^ "Priest of Oluorogbo, Ife, Nigeria". www.metmuseum.org. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  24. ^ Galembo, Phyllis; Rosen, Norma (1983). Pale pink. Rochester, N.Y.: Visual Studies Workshop Press. ISBN 978-0-89822-033-9.
  25. ^ Galembo, Phyllis; Ugwu-Oju, Dympna (January 26, 1997). "Aṣọ-ẹbí: cloth of the family". publisher not identified – via Open WorldCat.
  26. ^ Galembo, Phyllis; Thompson, Robert Farris (1998). Divine inspiration: from Benin to Bahia. Brooklyn, NY: Athelia Henrietta Press. ISBN 978-1-890157-17-3.
  27. ^ Galembo, Phyllis; Durant, Mark Alice (2002). Dressed for thrills: 100 years of Halloween costumes & masquerade. New York: H.N. Abrams. ISBN 978-0-8109-3291-3.
  28. ^ Galembo, Phyllis; Fleurant, Gerdès (2005). Vodou: visions and voices of Haiti. Berkeley, Calif.: Ten Speed Press. ISBN 978-1-58008-676-9.
  29. ^ Bisschoff, Jürgen (November 2010). "Mummenschanz" (PDF). Geo.
  30. ^ Smyth, Diane (October 2010). "The mask". British Journal of Photography: 16.
  31. ^ Davies, Lucy. "Hidden meaning" (PDF). Telegraph Magazine.
  32. ^ Dickerman, Kenneth. "Wild, wacky and sometimes serious: The surreal outfits of African masquerading". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  33. ^ AnOther (2016-03-17). "The Astonishing Artistry and Aesthetics of African Masking". AnOther. Retrieved 2021-01-23.
  34. ^ Galembo, Phyllis (2019). Phyllis Galembo: Mexico, Masks and Rituals. New York: Radius Books. ISBN 978-1-942185-57-4.
  35. ^ http://www.dashwoodbooks.com/pages/books/21153/jean-leopold-dominique-phyllis-galembo-poem/sodo-haiti-1997-2001
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