Public Speaking

Take Cover, Allan deSouza, 2004
Photo: Clockshop

Take Cover

Allan deSouza, 2004

This installation ran from March 4 – May 3, 2004.

Allan deSouza is a California-based multi-media artist. His photography, installation, text and performance works restage historical evidence through counter-strategies of fiction, erase, and (mis)translation. His work has been exhibited extensively in the U.S. and internationally, including at the Walther Collection, Germany; Pompidou Centre, Paris; 2008 Gwangju Biennale, Korea; 3rd Guangzhou Triennale, China; ev+a Festival, Ireland; and in recent solo exhibitions at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF; the Phillips Collection, DC; SF Camerawork; Fowler Museum, LA; Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL; Talwar Gallery, NY, and Talwar Gallery, Delhi. His writings have been published in various journals, anthologies, and catalogues, including Third Text, London; Wolgan Art Monthly, South Korea, X-TRA, Los Angeles. He is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art Practice, UC Berkeley. He is represented by Talwar Gallery in New York City and New Delhi.