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Feminist Story #3: Rudo, Lover in Method

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Feminist Story #3: Rudo, Lover in Method, Anonymous Artist, Exhibition Curated By kYmberly Keeton, Art Librarian, Curator, ART_library deco Online Exhibition Space, 2016

A man and woman embracing each other.
Given Name RUDO
GENDER: Masculine & Feminine
USAGE: Southern African, Shona
Meaning & History
Means "love"…

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Feminist Story #4: Nomusa, Matter of Life in Three Stages

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Feminist Story #4: Nomusa, Matter of Life in Three Stages, Anonymous Artist, Exhibition Curated By kYmberly Keeton, Art Librarian, Curator, ART_library deco Online Exhibition Space., 2016

Three South African Women standing in unison with baskets of fruit on to of their heads.
Given Name NOMUSA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Southern…

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Feminist Story #5: Zola, Pataphysical Literature

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Feminist Story #5: Zola, Pataphysical Literature, Anonymous Artist, Exhibition Curated By kYmberly Keeton, Art Librarian, Curator, ART_library deco Online Exhibition Space., 2016

South African Woman Up Close
Given Name ZOLA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Southern African, Zulu
Meaning & History
Means "quiet, tranquil" in Zulu.

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Feminist Story #6: Chikumbutso, Preconceived Apropos of Dreams

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Feminist Story #6: Chikumbutso, Preconceived Apropos of Dreams, Anonymous Artist, Exhibition Curated By kYmberly Keeton, Art Librarian, Curator, ART_library deco Online Exhibition Space., 2016

A woman standing with fruit in her hands; in background another woman's face is displayed.
Given Name CHIKUMBUTSO
GENDER: Masculine &…

Feminist Story #7: Boipelo, Response in Formation

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Feminist Story #7: Boipelo, Response in Formation, Anonymous Artist, Exhibition Curated By kYmberly Keeton, Art Librarian, Curator, ART_library deco Online Exhibition Space., 2016

Three women standing together.
Given Name BOIPELO
GENDER: Masculine & Feminine
USAGE: Southern African, Tswana
Meaning & History
Means "proud"…

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Feminist Story #8: Sethunya, The Philosophy of Childhood

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Feminist Story #8: Sethunya, The Philosophy of Childhood, Anonymous Artist, Exhibition Curated By kYmberly Keeton, Art Librarian, Curator, ART_library deco Online Exhibition Space., 2016

South African Mother holding child.
Given Name SETHUNYA
GENDER: Feminine
USAGE: Southern African, Tswana
Meaning & History
Means "bloom, flower"…

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Film Series: A Study of Negro Artists

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Film Series: A Study of Negro Artists, accessed Film Release: Jan 1937

Silent film in black and white on four reels covering the 1930s African American visual artists during the Harlem Renaissance: New York , NY, Black…

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Flier for "The Biggest Hip Hop Birthday Party of the Year” for Grand Master Dee

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Flier for "The Biggest Hip Hop Birthday Party of the Year” for Grand Master Dee, Unidentified, Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, 1985

A flier for an event celebrating Grand Master Dee’s birthday.

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Flo Jo World Record Nails

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Flo Jo World Record Nails, Pamela Council, 2012

2000 acrylic fake fingernails, nail polish, rhinestones, metal, wood

Sculpture made from 2000 artist-made replica acrylic fingernails in the shape…

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FLO-JO World Record Nails

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FLO-JO World Record Nails, Artist: Pamela Council, 2012 | 2020

Collection displays artwork that deconstructs traditional fixtures of beauty as an extension of female identity at the intersection of art and…

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