In the Studio Museum in Harlem, when I was dealing with that community and dealing with my peers … - Kehinde Wiley

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Kehinde Wiley

In the Studio Museum in Harlem, when I was dealing with that community and dealing with my peers in the streets, it allowed for me to get outside of Yale, to get outside of art-speak, and to really think about art as a material practice that has very useful and pragmatic material precedent.

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