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Allan deSouza

American,b. 1958

Biography

Allan deSouza is a multi-media artist who restages historical evidence through counter-strategies of (mis)translation, erase, and fiction. He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Art Practice, University of California, Berkeley.

Allan deSouza

Allan DeSouza, Everthing West of Here is Indian Country, 2003

Allan DeSouza, Everthing West of Here is Indian Country, 2003

Allan DeSouza, Everthing West of Here is Indian Country, 2003

Allan DeSouza, he had a vague sense of an elusive meaning, a light in the distance, a glimmer on the horizon, something he wanted to say if only he had the language for it, 2001

Allan DeSouza, he had a vague sense of an elusive meaning, a light in the distance, a glimmer on the horizon, something he wanted to say if only he had the language for it, 2001

Allan Desouza, if there is truth, where does it lie and who will take us there, 2001

Allan DeSouza, Shadows Cross Madinat al-Salam, 2003

Allan DeSouza, Shadows Cross Madinat al-Salam, 2003

Allan DeSouza, The Goncourt Brothers Stand Between Ceasar and the Thief of Bagdad, 2003

Allan DeSouza, The Goncourt Brothers Stand Between Ceasar and the Thief of Bagdad, 2003

Allan DeSouza, The Goncourt Brothers Stand Between Ceasar and the Thief of Bagdad, 2003

Allan DeSouza, there is no here; it has been erased, trodden over by the down trodden, their feet carrying them ever further, to greater, more beguiling promises, 2003