Mario Epanya's BEAUTIFUL: Portraits of Black Beauty
When: Nov. 25-Dec. 9 2019
FashionAFRICANA continues its mission of celebrating the art, music, and dance of the African diaspora with Mario Epanya's BEAUTIFUL: Portraits of Black Beauty at the Pittsburgh Public Theater. Curated by Pittsburgh Public Theater artist-in-residence Demeatria Boccella and accessible to ticket buyers for School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play, the exhibit pays tribute to the work of Mario Epanya, a Cameroon-born/Paris-based beauty and fashion photographer known for his fictional Vogue Africa covers and his debut photography exhibition, Glamazonia, which premiered at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture in 2012.