Kari Lerum: “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, “Counter-cultured Girlhoods,”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.