Kari Lerum: “Counter-cultured Girlhoods”

counter cultured girlhoods

IAS faculty member Kari Lerum was invited by the Henry Art Gallery to write a response to an exhibition of photographs and paintings (showing Feb. 4, 2022-May 29, 2022) entitled “Double Dare Ya: Burns, Kurland, & Ross-Ho.” As part of the Henry’s Viewpoint series, Lerum’s response, “,”reflects on how collectively the artists provide intertemporal and imaginative stories about gender, identity, and meaning in relation to the evolving cultural project of girlhood.