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12709970, okp charlotte, come help me turn up at the Gantt Center 2/7
Posted by GirlChild, Mon Jan-26-15 07:29 PM
hey folks i'm headed back down to charlotte to install for a museum group show at the Harvey B. Gantt Center.
there will be a lot of great artists on display, including one of my all time heroes, yinka shonibare.
if you're in the area, come to the opening on 2/7. just don't act like an internet goober.
http://www.ganttcenter.org/exhibitions/venturing-out-of-the-heart-of-darkness/
Venturing Out of the Heart of Darkness examines the long-standing impact of colonialism on prevailing societal attitudes that define black culture in America and in the world and how the Empire has defined and thereby influenced the development of economic, linguistic, mythological and psychological systems and ideologies that inform contemporary notions of blackness.
The exhibition will include works by national and international artists representative of the African Diaspora that include (click link to visit artist website):
Leonardo Benzant
Zoe Charlton
Andrea Chung
Willie Cole
Bethany Collins
Nathaniel Donnett
Ken Gonzales-Day
Heather Hart and André D. Singleton
Sean M. Johnson
JC Lenochan
Shaun Leonardo
Serge Alain Nitegeka
Jason Patterson
Yinka Shonibare
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum
Renee Stout
Wilmer Wilson IV
Saya Woolfalk
Exhibition curated by Rehema C. Barber
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12710327, ^
Posted by GirlChild, Tue Jan-27-15 11:18 AM
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12710332, #Respectabilitypolitics
Posted by GHNO, Tue Jan-27-15 11:22 AM
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12710399, word...
Posted by legsdiamond, Tue Jan-27-15 12:08 PM
and don't worry, I'm not like this IRL. LOL...
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12710417, i'll have to check it out.
Posted by JohnnyKilroy, Tue Jan-27-15 12:27 PM
IG: hibelk
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12710882, ALSO!
Posted by GirlChild, Tue Jan-27-15 06:22 PM
i'm giving a small talk on the 7th at 11am
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12711055, This sounds like a great show :)
Posted by lfresh, Wed Jan-28-15 02:40 AM
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When you are born, you cry, and the world rejoices. Live so that when you die, you rejoice, and the world cries.
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You cannot hate people for their own good.
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12711934, ^^^^
Posted by akon, Wed Jan-28-15 04:43 PM
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12716457, this week!
Posted by GirlChild, Mon Feb-02-15 07:37 PM
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12719701, ^
Posted by GirlChild, Thu Feb-05-15 02:45 PM
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