The Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program, a free, public on-campus lecture series, pays tribute to the renowned photographic artist and longtime CCA faculty member Larry Sultan. Each year this series brings to campus prominent photographers and artists working in photography-related media to give public presentations. The Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Program is co-presented by the California College of the Arts Photography Program and Pier 24 Photography. 

Libby Black will present her work and then will be in conversation with Christopher McCall and Allie Haeusslein, Directors of Pier 24 Photography. They will discuss the project and publication Photo Book Photo List and the final exhibition of Pier 24, Turning the Page.

Presented by the Larry Sultan Visiting Artist Lecture Series and Pier 24 Photography

Speaker Bio:

Libby Black is a painter, drawer, and sculptural installation artist living in Berkeley, California. Her artwork charts a path through personal history and a broader cultural context to explore the intersection of politics, feminism, LGBTQ+ identity, consumerism, addiction, and notions of value and desire. Her sculptural works are to-scale re-creations of objects (some from her own life, some fictional) made of paper, hot glue, and acrylic paint. She arranges these three-dimensional renderings of domestic objects, books, magazines, handbags, and shoes in still-life arrangements, creating hybrids that mix the real and the imaginary. She holds a BFA from Cleveland Institute of Art (1999) and an MFA from California College of the Arts (2001). Black is an associate professor at San Francisco State University.

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