The works within "Posing Beauty" delve into topics including fashion, beauty pageants, celebrity figures, and family portraits, and prompt discussions about the contested ways African-American beauty has been represented in historical and contemporary contexts. The exhibition is curated by Deborah Willis, Ph.D., one of the nation's leading historians of African-American photography. ATLANTA, GA -(Marketwired - August 28, 2013) - The Spelman College Museum of Fine Art is the first institution in the Southeast to present the nationally touring exhibition, "Posing Beauty in African American Culture." Featuring more than 75 photographs by leading, emerging, and amateur photographers, "Posing Beauty" explores ways contemporary understanding of beauty has been informed by the works of photographers and artists dating from 1890 to the present.
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