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Exhibition Label, 40 Years / 40 Artists, January 22–March 8, 2015:
“A sewer
A drain
A place for throwing waste
Like W.E.B. Du Bois, I too was born by a golden river, in
the shadow of two great hills.” - LaToya Ruby Frazier
Speak to Me of Rivers: An Exploration of Race, Identity, and Lived Experience in African American Culture; February 12 - March 3, 2019:
“Grandma Ruby, Mom, and I grew up in significantly different social and economic climates; each of us are markers along a larger historical timeline. Grandma Ruby, born in 1925, witnessed Braddock’s prosperous days of department stores, theatres, and restaurants. Mom, born in 1959, witnessed the close of the steel mills, white flight, and disinvestment at the federal, state, and local levels. I was born in 1982. I witnessed as the War on Drugs decimated my family.” — LaToya Ruby Frazier
Tags:
advertising; architecture; Christianity; exterior; religion; urban; African American Link to share this object record:
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