Curated by Deborah Willis, Posing Beauty in African American Culture explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, and advertising.
Organized into thematic sections “Constructing a Pose,” “Body and Image,” and “Modeling Beauty & Beauty Contests,” Posing Beauty challenges contemporary understandings of beauty by framing notions of aesthetics, race, class, and gender within art, popular culture, and politics.
On View: October 5, 2024 – January 12, 2025
Taft Museum of Art, Cincinnati, Ohio