

Dawoud Bey’s ‘Birmingham Project’ at Rena Bransten Gallery
Dawoud Bey, 'Trentin Williams and Willie Robinson,' 2012, Archival pigment prints mounted to dibond (40 x 64 inches (two separate 40 x 32 inch photographs); (Image Courtesy of Rena Bransten Gallery) On a recent trip to the Rena Bransten Gallery, my pace slowed as I pondered the large scale, side by side photographic portraits of African American men, women, boys, and girls created by Dawoud Bey. When I approach works of art, I prefer to view them without the help of wall text