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Installation view of 5 masks carved by Beau Dick in the exhibition "We who have known tides: Indigenous Art from the Collection."

Shaped by the Tides

Drawn from the Gallery’s collection, We who have known tides explores how proximity to the ocean has shaped Indigenous art, knowledge and relationships to place.

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A slightly out-of-focus photograph of a shirtless man in denim blue jeans lying on a settee chair covered in wrinkled ivory and pastel blue sheets.

A film still from the documentary Freedom Summer of a black-and-white photograph of 3 African Americans–a young man, an older woman wearing glasses, and an older man–sitting on their porch and speaking to a young white man, who is showing them a book.

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Installation view of an enormous hand-painted mural on the Gallery’s Georgia Street façade by Taiwanese artist Michael Lin. The mural features flowers on a red backdrop.Michael Lin, Georgia Street Plaza 23.01 – 02.05.10, 2010, paint on metal
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