In Pursuit of Beauty

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In Pursuit of Beauty is written by Nick Kline and published by . It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0986418161 (ISBN 10) and 9780986418167 (ISBN 13).

This catalog publication is a photography book focused on Dr. Deborah Willis' community-engaged art project In Pursuit of Beauty: Imaging Closets in Newark and Beyond. The project explores the ways in which the concept of beauty is represented through the intimate space of the closet. Her work as an artist, scholar and educator is grounded in making and studying photographs that reflect personal and collective memories on beauty. As an extension, Willis' new body of work investigates the closet as a site where beauty is enacted through the representation of our private and public selves.The project emerged from the residencies of both Dr. Kalia Brooks Nelson, Curator, and Dr. Willis with Shine Portrait Studio @ Express Newark in 2017-18. The publication features Deborah Willis' photographs from her exhibition at Express Newark, as well as images from her earlier series exploring beauty to contextualize the largely Newark-based project. A range of critical text contributions and interviews, as well as participants' testimonials and image contributions, are also included.