Chicago Artist Explores Blackness as Both Color, Identity
Clip: 11/17/2020 | 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
We check out an exhibit from Chicago-based artist Amanda Williams.
For the past six months, visual artist Amanda Williams has been identifying a different “black” every day on Instagram in response to Blackout Tuesday. It has since turned into the exhibit, “What black is this you say?” Arts correspondent Angel Idowu has details.
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Chicago Artist Explores Blackness as Both Color, Identity
Clip: 11/17/2020 | 3m 34sVideo has Closed Captions
For the past six months, visual artist Amanda Williams has been identifying a different “black” every day on Instagram in response to Blackout Tuesday. It has since turned into the exhibit, “What black is this you say?” Arts correspondent Angel Idowu has details.
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