The Art in Life: Hair
In this iteration of The Art in Life, we’re exploring the glorious art of hair. Hairstyles help to define our identity in the world, a bad hair day can ruin our week, hair is a $20 billion industry, and hairstyles are saturated with unique aesthetic decisions and cultural associations. We’re bringing you four perspectives:
- Adrianne Clayton, an artist and teacher in Kansas City whose work explores the art of black hair
- Amy Farid (Osage), a high-end fashion hair designer based in Brooklyn
- Mykey O’Halloran, a wig maker, hair colorist, hair stylist, and founder of Unicorn Manes in Melbourne
- Emma Tarlo, a London-based anthropologist of hair based at Goldsmiths and recent author of “Entanglement: The Secret Lives of Hair”
“There is no distinction for us between art and life,” said Yolngu Aboriginal Australian artist Wandjuk Marika. This proclamation draws attention to the arbitrary distinctions we often make in western cultures between “fine art” and “craft,” “design” and other often-unhelpful labels. As museums, we actively work to break down such distinctions. As museum professionals, we are aesthetically minded people who see art all around us. And, as a global community, many of us are still finding ourselves unable to visit the “fine art” institutions we love most. Because of all of these factors and more, the Fralin Museum of Art at UVA and the Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection of UVA have partnered to present THE ART IN LIFE, a series of programs that explore the artistic creativity, innovation, challenges and aesthetic decisions of practices that usually aren’t considered fine art.
This program is happening once. Look for your time zone to see what time it’s happening for you:
USA EST: Thursday, November 11, 7 pm
USA CST: Thursday, November 11, 6 pm
United Kingdom GMT: Friday, November 12, 12 am (midnight)
Australia AEDT: Friday, November 12, 11 am