Black Woomanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body
@ Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College
Black Womanhood is an ambitious exhibition that looks at the historical roots of a charged icon in contemporary art: the black female body. The exhibition’s premise is that only through an examination of the origins of the prevalent stereotypes of black womanhood can we begin to shed new light on the powerful revision occupying contemporary artists working with these themes today. About one hundred sculptures, prints, postcards, photographs, paintings, textiles, and video installations will be presented in thematic sections representing traditional African, Western colonial, and contemporary global perspectives. The exhibition will provide a unique, in-depth look at how images of the black female body have been created and used to express different ideals of beauty, fertility, sexuality, motherhood, and women's identities and social roles from the nineteenth century to the present.
ON VIEW
at the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College, in Wellesley, MA.
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September 17 - December 14, 2008
Hours
Tuesday - Saturday: 11 am - 5 pm
Wednesday: 11 am - 8 pm
Sunday: 12-4 pm
Open to the public free of charge.
SYMPOSIUM
Saturday, October 18
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
Free of charge, registration required.
http://www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/whatsnew/black_womanhood_symp_reg.html
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