Black Womanhood: at The Davis Museum and Cultural Center

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Ages:	Infants, Toddlers, Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free see below
Category:	Exhibits

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.

HOURS

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Wednesday, Sept. 17
6pm-8pm

COST

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FREE ADMISSION. FREE PARKING. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

WEBSITE

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www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/

LOCATION

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106 Central Street, Wellesley, MA, 02481 map
Phone: (781) 283-2051

For directions, pelase visit:

http://www.davismuseum.wellesley.edu/information/directions.html

TIPS

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