Gallery 210: Thursday, 28 January 2010

"THIN" is a touring multimedia, photography-based exhibition about eating disorders by photographer and filmmaker Lauren Greenfield.

A reception for the exhibition will be held on January 28 from 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM. Trudy Wilner Stack, the curator for the exhibition, will give a slide lecture at 6:00 pm in the Gallery 210 auditorium.Normal gallery hours are 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. On view January 21 through March 20.

Greenfield's exhibit weaves together large-scale portraits and documentary photographs; recorded voices, videos and narrative texts; and educational facts and resources in an effort to bring viewers a multimedia experience of a pervasive cultural problem. "THIN" features 53 photographs, video, personal journals and candid interviews with women who suffer from eating disorders. One in seven young American women is affected by eating disorders, according to the National Eating Disorders Association.

Gallery 210 (Telecommunity Center)
University of Missouri-St. Louis
One University Blvd.
St. Louis, MO 63121
314-516-5976
http://gallery210.umsl.edu