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  • The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits in Corsetry & Binding (2015)
  • Short | 44 min | Documentary, Short
The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits in Corsetry & Binding (2015)
Short | 44 min | Documentary, Short

Historically, the Georgian woman was viewed as a body without a voice, but this group of women were a modern social circle who wrote expressively. Camilla Huey created bodies from which to reanimate their voices. The narrative of The Loves...See moreHistorically, the Georgian woman was viewed as a body without a voice, but this group of women were a modern social circle who wrote expressively. Camilla Huey created bodies from which to reanimate their voices. The narrative of The Loves of Aaron Burr: Portraits in Corsetry & Binding follows the design process of the corset portraits of nine women in the life of Aaron Burr exhibited at the Morris-Jumel Mansion, the very place where many of these women's stories took place. Burr was nearly solitary among the founders to shockingly contend that not only were women as intelligent as men and should also be educated as such, but that "they have souls." Utilizing an approach employing feuilleton and gossip, follow the artist, Camilla Huey from atelier to exhibition creating works of historic personification as a form of portraiture. See less
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Oct 20, 2015 (United States)

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Camilla Huey
Self - Artist Self - Artist   See fewer
George Nelson Preston
Self - Art Historian Self - Art Historian   See fewer
Kurt Thometz
Self - Private Librarian Self - Private Librarian   See fewer
Carol Ward
Self - Museum Director Self - Museum Director   See fewer
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