Leah DeVun
{{Short description|American contemporary artist and historian}}
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Leah DeVun is an American contemporary artist and historian who lives in Brooklyn, NY. She received her BA and PhD from Columbia University and is an associate professor{{cite web|title=Rutgers Faculty Directory|url=http://history.rutgers.edu/faculty-directory/461-devun-leah}} at Rutgers University,{{Cite web |title=Bookshelf {{!}} Columbia College Today |url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/jul_aug09/bookshelf |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.college.columbia.edu}} where she teaches women's and gender history. She serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of the History of Ideas.
Work
DeVun's photography work explores queer and feminist histories. Her artwork has been featured in Artforum,[http://media.virbcdn.com/files/bc/f95359e641e277ca-Artforum-MASS.pdf Artforum article on the work of Leah DeVun] Huffington Post,[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/30/leah-devun_n_7690580.html Huffington Post article "Look Inside Some Of The Last Remaining All-Female Communes"] Art Papers,{{Cite web |url=http://www.artpapers.org/feature_articles/2015_0304-lifealtars.html |title=Art Papers article featuring the work of Leah DeVun |access-date=May 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905193849/http://www.artpapers.org/feature_articles/2015_0304-lifealtars.html |archive-date=September 5, 2015 |url-status=dead }} Hyperallergic,[http://hyperallergic.com/189649/how-we-got-here-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-queer-feminist/ HyperAllergic.com article "How We Got Here: Portrait of the Artist as a Queer Feminist" by Clarity Haynes] Modern Painters,[http://media.virbcdn.com/files/14/63f759aa22779c59-ModernPaintersFriendshipandFreedomApril2015.pdf Modern Painters article "Friendship and Freedom"] and New York magazine.
"Our Hands on Each Other"[http://media.virbcdn.com/files/59/FileItem-189791-OurHandsCatalogue.pdf Text and images on the exhibition "Our Hands on Each Other"]
Her exhibition entitled "Our Hands on Each Other" present photographs documenting the landscapes of rural lesbian communes.[http://nomorepotlucks.org/site/no-quaint-past-an-interview-with-leah-devun-on-photography-land-dykes-and-their-architectures-anthea-black/ "No Quaint Past: An Interview with Leah DeVun on Photography, Land Dykes, and their Architectures with Anthea Black of NoMorePotlucks.org] She also explores feminist legacies in her work with a special interest in queer and gendered communities, fashion and fandom, memory, politics, and identity. The exhibition opens questions about womanhood, feminism and queerness as explored in rural Mississippi.[http://www.austin360.com/news/entertainment/arts-theater/our-hands-on-each-other-1/nRts7/ Article on the exhibition "Our Hands On Each Other in Austin360]
Exhibiting Archives / Archiving Exhibits
In the publication "Radical History Review," the work of Leah DeVun is discussed in detail in an article entitled "Archives Behaving Badly."[http://media.virbcdn.com/files/70/9303abafbb616546-RHR-Archives-Behaving-Badly.pdf "Archives Behaving Badly" in the publication "Radical History Review"] published by Duke University Press The text discusses the ONE National Gay and Lesbian Archives and includes images of DeVun's work from the 2012 exhibition titled Latent Images.
Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time
She is the author of the book Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/233678642 World Catalog link to "Prophecy, Alchemy, and the End of Time"] published by Columbia University Press in 2009.
The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance
She is the author of the book The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance (Columbia University Press, 2021), which received the 2023 Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize, awarded by the History of Science Society.{{Cite book |last=DeVun |first=Leah |url=https://cup.columbia.edu/book/the-shape-of-sex/9780231551366 |title=The Shape of Sex: Nonbinary Gender from Genesis to the Renaissance |publisher=Columbia University Press |year=2021 |isbn=978-0-231-55136-6}}{{Cite web|url=https://hssonline.org/page/rossiter|title=The Margaret W. Rossiter History of Women in Science Prize - History of Science Society|website=hssonline.org}}
Articles
"Photography, Motherhood, Brooklyn"
An article about DeVun's photograph series on breastfeeding[http://achildgrows.com/blog/2015/10/artist-leah-devun-on-photography-motherhood-brooklyn-and-more/ "Photography, Motherhood, Brooklyn and more" article on Leah DeVun] about how motherhood shifts identity entitled "Artist Leah DeVun: On Photography, Motherhood, Brooklyn, And More."
"Feminist Punk Panel Talks Zines, Radical Politics, and Race"[http://bedfordandbowery.com/2015/03/feminist-punk-panel-talks-zines-radical-politics-and-race/ 'Feminist Punk Panel talks Zines, Radical Politics and Race' on BedfordandBowery.com] about a panel at the Brooklyn Museum that was moderated by DeVun.
"The Academic Feminist: Leah DeVun on Feminist Art and Womyns Lands"[http://feministing.com/2014/03/24/the-academic-feminist-leah-devun-on-feminist-art-and-womyns-lands/ Interview of Leah DeVun on the intersection of her artwork and scholarship] an interview in on the artwork and scholarship of Leah DeVun in the publication Feministing. DeVun discusses the legacy of feminist art.
References
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External links
- [http://leahdevun.com/bio Leah DeVun's artist website]
- [http://www.austinchronicle.com/features/2010-06-04/1037328/ Article on 'Our Hands on Each Other' exhibition in the Austin Chronicle]
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Category:American women historians
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