The Beginning of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1484–1486 During the Renaissance, curiosity while in the nude body in art was being rekindled after a thousand years. Toward the tip of Greco-Roman antiquity, Christian doctrines of celibacy, chastity, along with the devaluation with the flesh led to your declining fascination of nudes for patrons,

In true ‘90s underground manner, Dunye enlisted the photographer Zoe Leonard to develop an archive in the fictional actress and blues singer. The Fae Richards Photo Archive consists of eighty two images, and was shown as part of Leonard’s career retrospective with the Whitney Museum of contemporary Art in 2018. This spirit of collaboration, alo