Faisal Abdu’Allah, a visiting artist and barber by trade, will be performing his “Live Salon” and artist talk at Flagler College, where he sets up his barber chair and tools and cuts the hair of a willing participant. The performance draws on the singular community of the barbershop, where familiar conversation about politics, social issues, art, etc. is vital to the life of a neighborhood.

Utilizing photography, printmaking, video and performance, Abdu'Allah's work mines representations of the art world, popular culture or specific cultural traditions, to touch on topics such as self-reflection, the search for social-awareness and the confrontation of long-established assumptions and stereotypes.  Abdu-Allah has performed “Live Salon” since 2006.

Abdu'Allah is currently an Associate Professor of Art at the University of Madison, Wisconsin. His work has been the subject of solo exhibitions worldwide, including "Squad: Calling of the Common Hero" (Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI and Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh, Scotland), and "Chasing Mirrors" (National Portrait Gallery, London, 2009), and group exhibitions at venues such as the Sonoma Museum of Art (Santa Rose, CA), Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal Academy of Art (London, England), among others.

Support for this exhibition was provided through a grant from The Community Foundation for Northeast Florida.