The Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College Presents: “Black Womanhood” – OPENING CELEBRATION September 17, 2008

"Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body," explores themes such as ideals of beauty, sexuality, motherhood, and the identities and social roles of Black women.
On View September 17 – December 14

FREE ADMISSION. FREE PARKING. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

For directions, please visit:
http://www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/information/directions.html

For inquiries, you may:
1) visit the website: www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu
2) contact the venue at (781) 283-2051 or
3) contact Barbara Levitov at (781) 283-2034 or at blevitov@wellesley.edu

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Detailed Description of Exhibition:

This fall, the Davis Museum and Cultural Center at Wellesley College will open a major exhibition that explores the historical roots of a charged icon in contemporary art—the black female body. Black Womanhood: Images Icons and Ideologies of the African Body was organized by the Hood Museum of Art and will be on view from September 17 to December 14, 2008. The exhibition explores the complex perpetuation of icons and stereotypes of black womanhood through the display of over one hundred sculptures, prints, postcards, photographs, paintings, textiles, and video installations by artists from Africa, Europe, America, and the Caribbean. Collectively, these overlapping perspectives penetrate the complex and interwoven relationships between Africa and the West, male and female, and past and present — all of which have contributed to the inscription of meaning onto the black female body.

Official Website: http://www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/