Sharon Hayes: Words of love and protest
Works In Progress
English - November 25, 2020 21:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBVisual Arts Arts Performing Arts art architecture design film theater dance performance visual arts ucla los angeles Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Sharon Hayes makes video, performance and installation art that tackles complex questions about history, politics and speech. Her work is staged on the street, in living rooms, and in museums and galleries. She incorporates historical texts and her own writing into her work. She might involve strangers, activists, and fellow artists as performers.
Hayes was born in Baltimore and came of age in a community of queer artists and activists in New York's East Village in the early '90s, where she drew inspiration from feminism and AIDS activism. She received her MFA from UCLA and now teaches in the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Fine Arts.
In this episode of the UCLA Arts podcast "Works In Progress," Hayes discusses the form love takes in the personal, private, public and political spheres. She’ll also explore that theme on Monday, Nov. 30 in the UCLA Arts-led “10 Questions” public discussion "What Is Love?”