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Posing Beauty in African American Culture

October 5, 2024–January 12, 2025 | Fifth Third Gallery and Taft Historic House

Posing Beauty in African American Culture traces the relationship between African American beauty and visual culture from the 1890s to the present through documentary, commercial, and fine art photography. Documentary photographs and portraits of portraits of Black Americans—some famous, some just ordinary citizens—present the public face of African American beauty, while commercial photographs demonstrate how fashion and advertising have constructed beauty standards. Finally, contemporary photographers—some of whom use themselves as a subject—encourage consideration of how images of beauty impact mass culture and individuals.

Posing Beauty includes more than 100 works by photographers including Charles “Teenie” Harris, Leonard Freed, Anthony Barboza, Carrie Mae Weems, Hank Willis Thomas, Sheila Pree Bright, Renee Cox, Mickalene Thomas, and others. Organized by Curatorial Assistance Traveling Exhibitions and curated by Deborah Willis, PhD, one of the nation’s leading historians of African American photography and culture, the exhibition will challenge existing notions of beauty while encouraging consideration of race, class, and gender within art and popular culture.

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Date and Time

Saturday Oct 5, 2024 Sunday Jan 12, 2025

Exhibition runs from October 5, 2024-January 12, 2025

Location

Taft Museum of Art
316 Pike Street
Cincinnati, OH 45202

Fees/Admission

Admission is free for Taft members, military, youth (17 and under), and FotoFocus passholders; $15 for adults; $12 for seniors. FREE admission on Sundays and Mondays!

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http://taftmuseum.org/exhibitions

Contact Information

education@taftmuseum.org
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