Portrait of Leigh Banner

Leigh Banner

Leigh Banner is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Amherst College. She holds a Bachelor’s in Art and the History of Art with an academic term abroad at King’s College, London. She is a lifelong New Yorker who has studied drawing at the former National Academy of Design. She honed her writing and research skills in contemporary art, textiles and photography. Some of her favorite museums are Dia Beacon, MoMA and the Guggenheim, and the Tate and Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

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Writing Samples

Essay
The Invisible Hand
Art, labor and political visibility
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Bodies of Art
Presence, performance and the human form
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Auratic Magic
Language, repetition and artistic transformation
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When Cultures Collide
The Henna Dress and layered cultural identity
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Selected Works

Monochrome photograph of figures suspended in the sky
Photography
Animation
Watercolor of the Guggenheim Museum by Leigh Banner
Mixed Media