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A bronze sculpture of an open mouthed, lush-maned lion, dark green with patina, in front of the Art Institute of Chicago. A bronze sculpture of an open mouthed, lush-maned lion, dark green with patina, in front of the Art Institute of Chicago. A bronze sculpture of an open-mouthed, lush-maned lion, dark green with patina, in front of the Art Institute of Chicago. A bronze sculpture of an open-mouthed, lush-maned lion, dark green with patina, in front of the Art Institute of Chicago. A printed photograph of a smiling, light-skinned child framed in white, the dark blur of their finger on the lense, is set upon a base image of the same child seen from the back approaching a camera held by a light-skinned adult. A printed photograph of a smiling, light-skinned child framed in white, the dark blur of their finger on the lense, is set upon a base image of the same child seen from the back approaching a camera held by a light-skinned adult.

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Thirty-five years ago, at an exhibition of arts of the Chokwe peoples, I fell in love with the powerful beauty of African art.

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