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                                                                                                                              History Re-Mixed

                                                                                                                              History Re-Mixed
                                                                                                                              Mixed Media: Canvas, acrylic paint, acrylic ink, wood, vintage stamps and postmarks, poem, drywall tape, political sticker
                                                                                                                              H 48 in. x W 36 in. x D 1.5 in.
                                                                                                                              (2010)

                                                                                                                              This work evolved from a gallery viewing of civil rights photography at the High Museum in Atlanta, GA. As I sat and viewed the patrons viewing the work, I wrote this poem on the margins of the exhibition program, reminiscent of Dr. Martin Luther King writing on the margins of newspapers in a Birmingham, AL jail cell.

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