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Summary: An interview with Lola Flash conducted 2024 August 7, by Jeanne Vaccaro for the Archives of American Art, at Flash's home on Fire Island, New York.
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Oral history interview with Lola Flash, 2024 August 7
Flash, Lola, 1959-
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Biographical/Historical Note
Interviewee Lola Flash (1959-) is a photographer known for their pictures that engage with queer, feminist, and Black activism. Building on early participation with ACT UP, Flash has explored social norms around race, age, and gender through portraiture. Born in Montclair, New Jersey, they are based in New York City.
Interviewer Jeanne Vaccaro (1981-) is a curator and scholar, she currently works as an assistant professor in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at the University of Kansas.
Provenance
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
Language Note
English .
Funding
Funding for this interview was provided by the Alice L. Walton Foundation.
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