Fabiola Jean-Louis beautifully explores ugly truths via DuSable Museum exhibit

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Artist Fabiola Jean-Louis is photographed at the DuSable Museum of African American History on March 21, 2108. | Eliza Davidson/Sun-Times

In “Rewriting History: Paper Gowns & Photography,” her exhibit currently on display at the DuSable Museum of African American History, artist Fabiola Jean-Louis juxtaposes beauty and brutality in her mixed-media exploration of racial struggles during various periods of American history as well as contemporary America.

Jean-Louis spoke to the Sun-Times about putting this exhibit together and the conversation she hopes it inspires:

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