Melinda Blauvelt (American, born 1949), Nellie Mae Rowe, Vinings, Georgia, 1971. Printed 2021, gelatin silver print, 21 3⁄4 x 14 5⁄8 inches. High Museum of Art, gift of the artist, 2021.70. © 2022 Melinda Blauvelt
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Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe
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Rowe, a self-taught artist from rural Georgia, made work centered on themes of girlhood, play and spirituality—all considered a rare act of self-expression for a Black woman in the Jim Crow South. Rowe returned to art making in her later years, following the death of her second husband and decades as a domestic laborer. More than 100 works are on display.
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