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    Worn: Social Roles Revealed

    Upper Level Galleries
    January 11, 2002 — March 10, 2002
    An exhibition of photographs drawn largely from the Joseph and Elaine Monsen Collection, Worn explored how various states of dress and undress communicate particular occupational roles. Dress is one of the most powerful mediums of visual expression. Body coverings, accoutrements, and treatments offer visual clues that help identify roles and status within organized societies. Worn pitted figures like an exploited stripper sporting breast implants, high heels, and heavy make-up against a beautifully uniformed and celebrated matador. This and several other juxtapositions asked viewers to consider how what we wear and how we wear it reveals the specialized services we perform.
    CREDITS

    Curated by Rhonda Lane Howard, Associate Curator