
Erica Deeman: Brown
Video, March 2017
Erica Deeman
Gregory, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Kody, 2015
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Justin, 2015
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Mohamed, 2015
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Marvin, 2015
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Derek, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Eli, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Orobosa, 2015
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Andre, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Llane, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Stefano, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Jocquese, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Blue, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Zawadi, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Reed, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Chris, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Asaba, 2015
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Nathan, 2015
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
George, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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Erica Deeman
Eric, 2016
Archival pigment print
26 x 26 inches
66 x 66 cm
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PRESS RELEASE
Erica Deeman: Brown
24 March – 28 April 2017
Opening reception: Thursday, 23 March, 6 to 8 pm*
Anthony Meier Fine Arts is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by San Francisco-based photographer Erica Deeman (b. 1977, Nottingham, UK). In her first solo exhibition at the gallery, entitled Brown, Deeman addresses social constructs of identity, gender and race through the lens of portraiture.
Brown is comprised of a series of 26 x 26 inch archival pigment photographs of men from the African diaspora. Deeman found her subjects by approaching strangers she met through chance encounters and asking friends and acquaintances to sit for portraits in her living room. Deeman placed her models in front of a backdrop matching her own skin color as a way to personally connect to the individual and collective identity of men from the African diaspora.
Brown references the 18th century pseudo-science of Physiognomy (from the Gk. physis meaning “nature” and gnomon meaning “judge” or “interpreter”) suggesting that facial features could be used to understand a person’s character. Together with traditions of classical portraiture, the mug shot, and Physiognomy, Deeman engages the viewer to re-examine the basis of their inherent reading of a face, and ultimately, the being. Deeman’s deeply intimate portraits challenge traditional ideas of beauty, honor and truth by presenting diverse visages that reveal her subject’s personality and stature through her raw and elegant imagery.
Deeman is a recipient of the 2016 TOSA Finalist Award, the 2015 ProArts 2x2 Solos Emerging Artist Finalist Award, and the 2015 Working Artist Grant. Selected public collections include Berkeley Museum of Art and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA; New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA; and Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco, CA.
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