Lalla Essaydi Featured in Newark Museum of Art's Opening Exhibition on Female Photographers

ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By Tahlib

Lalla Essaydi, Converging Territories #9

NEW JERSEY---The Newark Museum of Art opens its 2012-2013 exhibition season on September 12 with, "In Her Eyes: Women Behind and in Front of the Camera" featuring photographs by women who examine female identity in their work. The artists include both historical and contemporary practitioners such as Cindy Sherman, Sally Mann, Dorothea Lange, Lalla Essaydi and Ana Mendieta. The exhibition represents a wide range of styles and interpretations including the role of religious identity for women of diverse faiths. The photographs also evoke a range of ideas related to acts of veiling, masquerade and role-play. All the works, including some just recently collected are drawn from the museum’s own collection, and many have never before been on view.