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Mark Bradford Biography
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Bachelor of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Art, Valencia, CA
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Masters of Fine Arts, California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2007
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Street Level: Mark Bradford, William Cordova, Robin Rhode, Nasher Museum, Duke University, Durham, NC March-July 2007
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2006 - 2007
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Art on Paper, 2006, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Greensboro, NC, Nov 12, 2006- Jan 21, 2007
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2006 - 2007
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The Other Side of Perfect, World Class Boxing, Miami FL
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2006
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Mark Bradford: Niagra, LA>
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2006
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Red Eye: L.A. Artists from the Rubell Family Collection, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, FL.
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2006
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Black Alphabet- ConTEXTS of Contemporary African-American Art, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland.
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2006
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USA TODAY, Royal Academy of the Arts, London
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2006
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Consider This…(a LACMALab project) LA County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA
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2006
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Witness Protection, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, California State University, San Bernardino, CA
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2006
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Meditations in an Emergency, Museum of Contemporary Art, Detroit, MI
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2006
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Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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2006
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Sao Paolo Biennial, Sao Paolo, Brazil
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2006
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The Home of the Free, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
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2006
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Busan Biennial, Busan, South Korea
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2006
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Black Alphabet, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland
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2006
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Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
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2006
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Sisqueiros Project, Curated by Lauri Firstenberg, REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
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2005
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inSite: Art Practices in the Public Domain, San Diego, CA and Tijuana, Mexico
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2005
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Grace and Measure, Sikkema Jenkins & Co., New York, NY
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2005
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Farsites, San Diego Museum of Art, CA and the Centro Cultural de Tijuana, Mexico
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2005
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African Queen, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
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2004
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California Biennial, Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach, CA
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2004
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Perspectives @25: A Quarter-Century of New Art in Houston, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX.
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2004
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Bounce: Mark Bradford and Glenn Kaino, REDCAT, Los Angeles, CA
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2004
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Broad Territories, UCR/California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA
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2003
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Very Powerful Lords, Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York, NY
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2003
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ARCO 2003, Madrid, Spain
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2003
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Lean To, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT
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2003
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Black Belt, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY
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2003
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Hair Stories, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale, AZ (traveling exhibition)
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2003
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'Very Powerful Lords', Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, NY (solo)
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2003
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'statements', ARCO 2003, curated by Lauri Firstenberg, Madrid
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2002
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'Pertaining to Painting,' Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX
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2002
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'Mirror Image,' curated by Russell Ferguson, UCLA Hammer Museum and Center for Curatorial Studies
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2002
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Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
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2002
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'Painting as Paradox', Artists Space, NY
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2002
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'gucci down to the socks', Patricia Faure Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (solo)
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2002
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'Project Series 16: Mark Bradford', Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA (solo)
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2002
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'caught up', Susanne Vielmetter Projects, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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2002
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'that wasn't my car you saw', Finesilver Gallery, San Antonio, TX (solo)
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2002
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Mirror Image, curated by Russell Ferguson, UCLA Hammer Museum (traveled to Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY)
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2002
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Pertaining to Painting, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, TX (traveled to Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX)
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2002
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Painting as Paradox, Artists Space, New York, NY
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2001
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Freestyle, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY (traveled to Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA)
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2001
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Snapshots: New Art from Los Angeles, UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA (traveled to Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Beach, FL)
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2001
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'I don't think you ready for this jelly', Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, NY (solo)
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2001
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'Freestyle', curated by Thelma Golden and Christine Kim, Studio Museum, Harlem, New York, NY and Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
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2001
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'Snapshots: New Art from Los Angeles', UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA and Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami Beach
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2001
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'Mixed Feelings', University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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2001
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'Capital Art, 2001', Track 16 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
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2000
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'Contemporary Art by African American Artists', The Art Museum of Princeton, NJ
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2000
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'Color Theory', Luggage Store, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2000
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Contemporary Art by African American Artists, The Art Museum of Princeton, NJ
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2000
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'Fresh Cut Afros', Watts Towers Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2000
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'Black Male', Reginald Ingraham Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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1999
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'A Place Called Lovely', Greene Naftali, New York, NY
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1999
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'Biennale Internazionale 1999', Palazzo degli Affari, Florence, Italy
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1999
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Biennale Internazionale 1999, Palazzo degli Affari, Florence, Italy
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1999
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'European Wavy', Two Rivers Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (solo)
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1998
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'European Wavy',Two Rivers Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA (solo)
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1998
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'Floss', Walter McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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| Literature |
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9/2002
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Trevor Schoonmaker, 'Hot Comb', One World
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9/2001
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Valdez, Sarah. 'Freestyling', Art in America
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9/2000
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Horton, David. 'Color Theory', Art week
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8/2000
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Harvey, Doug. 'Gender, Race', LA Weekly
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7/2002-8/2002
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Gaines, Malik. Tema Celeste, edition 92
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6/2001
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'A ‘Snapshot’ of LA Artists,' Los Angeles Times
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6/2000
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Schjeldahl, Peter. 'Breaking Away: A Flowering of Young African-American Artists,' The New Yorker
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6/2000
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Budick, Ariella. 'Post Black and White,' Newsday
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5/2001
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'A Full Studio Museum Show Starts with 28 Young Artists and a Shoehorn,' The New York Times
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5/2000
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Tate, Greg. 'The Golden Age', Village Voice
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5/2000
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Saltz, Jerry. 'Post-Black: Radical Intelligence at the Studio Museum in Harlem,' Village Voice
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4/99
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Shearing, Graham. 'Contemporary: Two local shows of radical art deserve to be explored', Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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4/1999
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Thomas, Mary. 'L. A. Artist Bradford presses boundaries of Black Modernism', Pittsburgh Post Gazette
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4/1998
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Webster, Mary Hull. ''Wings of Desire' and Mark Bradford at the San Francisco Art Institute' Art Week
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3-4/2002
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Jones, Amelia. 'The Post-Black Bomb,' Tema Celeste, edition 90
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2001
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Princethal, Nancy. Review: 'Freestyle'. artext, Number 74
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2000
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Bischoff, Dan. 'Selections: Contemporary Art by African Americans', Sunday Star Ledger
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1999
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Von Schlegell, Mark. Review: 'Snapshot,' artext, Number 75
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12/2001
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Peterson, Thane. 'Art Collectors Get Patriotic,' Business Week
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11/2001-12/2001
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Waxman, Lori. Review: 'Freestyle,' New Art Examiner
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11/2001
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Cotter, Holland. Review: 'I don’t think you ready for this jelly' The New York Times
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11/2001
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Sirmans, Franklin. “I don’t think you ready for this jelly,” Time Out New York
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11-12/2001
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Waxman, Lori. Review: 'Freestyle,' New Art Examiner
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10/99
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Ellegood, Anne. 'A Place Called Lovely', NY Arts
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10/2001
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Knight, Christopher. 'Cultural Evolution in ‘Freestyle’,' Los Angeles Times
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10/2001
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Tumlir, Jan. Review: 'Snapshot', Artforum
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10/2001
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Subotnick, Ali. Review: 'Snapshot,' Frieze
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10/2001
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Knight, Christopher.' Cultural Evolution in ‘Freestyle’,' Los Angeles Times
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10/2000
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Sherman, Ann Elliott. 'Art: Color as Concept: African American artists treat ‘black’ as a verb at WORKS,' Silicon Valley Metro
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10/1999
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Adrian, George. 'Curator’s Pick', New Museum Website
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10/1999
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Ellegood, Anne. 'A Place Called Lovely,' NY Arts
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1/2002
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Klein, Mason. 'I don’t think you ready for this jelly,' Artforum
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1-2/2002
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Firstenberg, Lauri. 'I don’t think you ready for this jelly,' Flash Art
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