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Critical Dialogues Series Presents: Syd Carpenter
Looking at the history of African Americans as farmers and gardeners, Syd Carpenter creates mixed media sculptures evocative of landscapes created by and tended over multiple generations. Surfaces, textures, shapes and gestures reference the evolving process of putting down roots both literally and figuratively, an acknowledgment of an obscured but richly endowed legacy.