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Amanda Williams: We Say What Black This Is

February 7 – May 24, 2025
All day
350 Spelman Ln, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30314, USA

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We Say What Black This Is celebrates the diversity, resilience and depth of Blackness while challenging simplistic definitions of Black identity. The exhibition features works from Williams' series What Black is this, You Say?, created in response to the ‘Blackout Tuesday’ social media moment in 2020. The exhibit will include a new abstract painting by Williams and student-written didactic labels.  
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