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Karyn Olivier, Here and Now/ Glacier, Shard, Rock, (2015) Lenticular photo in billboard structure. Image courtesy of the artist.

 

Black Like That: Our Lives as Living Praxis
Opening August 30

August 30-December 7
Opening Reception: Friday, August 30 from 5-7 p.m.
Temple Contemporary and Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery

Black Like That: Our Lives As Living Praxis is a multi-site exhibition that explores the nature of the archive as a living praxis within a Black cultural context. The exhibition, funded by a grant from The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, will be anchored at Temple Contemporary with off-site presentations in three Philadelphia neighborhoods central to Black history and Black life in the city: North Philadelphia, West Philadelphia and Germantown. 

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