Nancy Barr

Nancy Barr

Hello all! My name is Nancy Barr. I am a Detroit native and have been a specialist in modernist and contemporary photography at the Detroit Institute of Arts for fourteen years as well as a teacher at the College for Creative Studies, Detroit, and the University of Michigan, Dearborn. I first became interested in photography as a teenager and was inspired by the experimental work of Man Ray, fashion work of Guy Bourdin as well as the portraiture of Diane Arbus. Currently, I am organizing several exhibitions for the DIA featuring the work Robert Frank, Ari Marcopoulos and Doug and Mike Starn. In my hours away from the museum, I enjoy spending time with my husband, the artist Glenn Barr and daughter Avalon.

Amelia Chau

Amelia Rivera Court

Hi! My name is Amelia Chau and I am the Assistant Curator of Asian Art at the DIA. I was born in Hong Kong, attended college in California, and hold an MA in the History of Art from the University of California, Riverside. My master’s thesis examined 20^th century Chinese paintings in the context of traditional Chinese and modern European painting theories. Since 1996, I have worked on many installations of Asian art at the DIA.

I am interested in works by photographers who explore relationships between traditional and contemporary cultures and aesthetics. Works by Asian photographers Hiroshi Sugimoto, Atta Kim, Watanabe Yoshio, Sze Tsung Leong, and Kenro Izu are among my favorites.