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Tara Bogart: Modern Hair Studies, Kathleen Tousignant
Tara Bogart: Modern Hair Studies, Kathleen Tousignant
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TARA BOGART: MODERN HAIR STUDIES
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Kathleen Tousignant
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2016
Under the Supervision of Professor Jennifer Johung
This exhibition and accompanying catalogue explore Tara Bogart’s modern hair study photographs. Compiled of 28 photographs from 3 different series, Modern Hair Studies examines the correlation between hair and identity. The faceless portraits from her series A Modern Hair Study and Un Capillaire Modern Etude showcase the ways in which millennial women use hair colors, hairstyles, and body art as a form of self-expression. When viewed as a group, the portraits serve as a visual and demographic representation of …