The exhibition curated by photographers Scheherazade Tillet and Zoraida Lopez-Diago highlights the history of Black women photographers while also re-imagining this world for Black girls.
, 1979. Dye Sublimation Print of Poly Satin Fabric. 120h x 180w in. Courtesy of the artist.
Black girls are everywhere in this impressive space of 50,000 square feet. Taking up all three floors of the vast , the international exhibition features 85 Black women, girls and genderqueer artists ranging from the ages of eight to 94. The 177 images that comprise “Picturing Black Girlhood” display girls who play, protest and participate in parades. Here Black girls “We wanted the show itself to achieve what we want for Black girls,” Tillet told me., 1968. Archival Pigment Print. 20h x 16w in.
On the first floor we are struck by the scope and the scale of it all—the enormous enlarged portrait from the Atlanta studio featuring a girl dressed in Victorian clothing who sets an imposing figure that looms over the entire space. She seems watches us watch her, and others like her. Each photograph invites us to inhabit the multiple dimensions of Black girlhood. There is no one way to be a Black girl, they contain multitudes.Performance, The HMI Awards Ball
Over and over again, “Picturing Black Girlhood” tells us that joy is possible, effectively serving as a counterpoint to the pain and suffering that too often characterizes images of the Black experience.
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