Alicia Henry, Artist Whose Modest Works Asked Big Questions About Visibility, Dies at 58

Alicia Henry, an artist whose sculptural works elegantly considered what it means to be seen, died on October 16 at 58. She had for the past two years been battling cancer, according to her Dallas-based gallery, Liliana Bloch.Lillian Schwartz, Computer Art Pioneer Who Awed Scientists and Curators Alike, Dies at 97 Henry’s works mainly took the form of spare, muted installation-like pieces that were hung to gallery walls. Many represented faces, bodies, and body parts, and dealt with how identities are often unstable, left open to change and frequently impossible to pin down altogether. She crafted her figures from wood, leather, linen,…

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