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Installation view of Freedom Square: The Black Girlhood Altar at the Chicago Cultural Center

The exhibition at the Chicago Cultural Center opens with the installation “Homegoing.” The work is a suspended image depicting a screenshot from Ma’Khia Bryant’s personal TikTok. In the photo she’s laying her edges, her jet-black hair shining, her baby face clean and free of makeup. Below the printed photo is a collection of candles, stuffed animals, and a bouquet. On April 20, 2021, Ma’Khia was killed by an Ohio police officer in what was later determined a justifiable homicide. She was 16 years old. 

In the gallery titled Rest and Recess: The Courtyard, the exhibition transports the viewer to the Caribbean where Black girls play together unburdened and hopeful. A tree, sculpted by Robert Narciso and made from branches from Rekia Boyd’s family home, sits in the center of the room casting a protective shadow over everything. From its branches hang yellow paper hearts scribed with the hopes and dreams of little Black girls. The sound of their joyful cacophony activates the space.

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necklace by sah oved, c. 1950 in twentieth-century jewelry - barbara cartlidge (1985)

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Paz de la Huerta in The Limits of Control, 2009

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Sony ICR-4800 // 6 band receiver (Japan, 1981)

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♾️Today's Miku figure is:♾️

Tora Brindle garage kit ver. (2013)

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CE QUI SÉPARE ET CE QUI UNIT LES HOMMES JOSÉ MARIA SERT // ETUDÉ POUR LA LOI, 1936 [gelatin silver print | 11.8 x 9.4″]

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ph. Sibongiseni Ndlovu

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拔火罐儿/桃子

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Xander Zhou FW 2024

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shanna moakler celebrating her divorce from travis barker, 2006.

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Aerial pictures of Côte d’Ivoire taken from Google Earth, with Stills of famous soap opera “Ma Famille” (2002)

Digital Collage by Moi

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'inferno,' 1994 in rebecca horn - institut für auslands-beziehungen e.v. (1999)

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👽 Kelela for True Laurels Magazine Issue 07 shot by Myles Loftin

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