WASHINGTON, DC - A sculpture by Egyptian artist Ghada Amer titled The Blue Bra Girls (2012). Cast in polished stainless steel, the piece was created a tribute to women who stand up for their beliefs and takes its name from a 2011 Reuters photograph of a veiled young woman whose blue bra was exposed as she was dragged and beaten by police at a protest in Tahrir Square during the Arab Spring. It is on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. Located on the National Mall in Washington DC, the National Museum of African Art is the only national museum in the United States dedic
WASHINGTON, DC - A sculpture by Egyptian artist Ghada Amer titled The Blue Bra Girls (2012). Cast in polished stainless steel, the piece was created a tribute to women who stand up for their beliefs and takes its name from a 2011 Reuters photograph of a veiled young woman whose blue bra was exposed as she was dragged and beaten by police at a protest in Tahrir Square during the Arab Spring. It is on display at the Smithsonian's National Museum of African Art. Located on the National Mall in Washington DC, the National Museum of African Art is the only national museum in the United States dedicated to the collection, exhibition, conservation, and study of the arts of Africa.
Size: 5568px × 3712px
Location: Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC, District of Columbia, United States
Photo credit: © David Coleman | DCinBNW / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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