BLACK VENUS AT FOTOGRAFISKA NY

Grace Jones at Studio 54, 1978

Archival pigment print

30 × 40 in

76.2 × 101.6 cm

Edition of 7

For someone like me who is obsessed with photography it was a dream come true to finally be able to visit @fotografiska.newyork.

'Black Venus’, curated by Aindrea Emelife is a story of historic objectification and contemporary reclamation. The exhibition surveys the legacy of Black women in visual culture – from colonial-era caricatures, to contemporary image-making, which depicts a renewed agency in Black womanhood. The cross-generational show features 30 artworks by 17 international artists including Deana Lawson (recipient of the 2022 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize), Zanele Muholi, Kara Walker and Ming Smith.

‘This exhibition is a celebration of Black beauty, an investigation into the many faces of Black femininity and the shaping of Black women in the public consciousness – then and now.’

Cover photo portrait of Ming Smith

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