"Provocative Visions: Race and Identity" Selections from the Permanent Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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This installation features new acquisitions from the past fifteen years, on view at the Museum for the first time. Included are sculptures and prints by contemporary African-American artists—Chakaia Booker, Willie Cole, Glenn Ligon, Alison Saar, Lorna Simpson, and Kara Walker—who confront issues of racial heritage and identity.
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Schedule
from August 19, 2008 to March 08, 2009
Artist(s)
Chakaia Booker, Willie Cole, Glenn Ligon, Alison Saar, Lorna Simpson, Kara Walker