NEWARK, NY.- Posing Beauty: African-American Images from the 1890s to the Present, a photography exhibition that explores the ways in which African and African-American beauty has been represented in the media historically and in contemporary times, at the Newark Museum through April 28, 2011. Curated by Deborah Willis, Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at New York University , Tisch School of the Arts, the exhibition explores contemporary notions of beauty, by framing them within the contexts of art, history, popular culture and the political. Posing Beauty considers the idealization of beauty in Western art and image-making, through photography, video, fashion and advertising. This exhibition challenges the relationship between beauty and art by examining the representation of beauty as a racialized