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Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy

February 27, 2008

Jeffrey D. Grove curator, modern and contemporary art, High Museum of Art

Adam Pendleton artist

Nadine Robinson artist

Jefferson Pinder artist

Hank Willis Thomas artist

Kenya Evans artist

Jabari Anderson artist

Artists Adam Pendleton, Nadine Robinson, Jefferson Pinder, Jeffrey Grove, and Hank Willis Thomas, along with Kenya Evans and Jabari Anderson of Otabenga Jones & Associates, discuss their participation in the exhibit After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy. The exhibit and their art reconsider the pivotal time in American history and explores its relevancy to and influence on a new generation.

Topics: Art & Architecture

Tags: civil rights movement | Contemporary Art | Human Rights | Martin Luther King | Design | Libraries & Museums | Music | Photography

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Author: Adam Pendleton, Jena Osman, Mark Beasley

Publisher: Haunch of Venison (2009)

Binding: Hardcover, 120 pages

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Publisher: Aperture (2008)

Binding: Hardcover, 128 pages

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