The Image of the Ballerina
The unexpected imagery of a ballerina: how it challenges visitors’ assumptions about African art; and encourages deeper questioning of identity, history, and artistic meaning. Erica Jones and Carlee Forbes also explore issues of diaspora, displacement, and agency, suggesting that objects, like people, carry changing identities as they move across places and histories.
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Erica
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Senior Curator of African Arts and Manager of Curatorial Affairs at the Fowler Museum at UCLA
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