99% NO.44 AngelaSedrick Huckaby'sThe 99% Projectis a part of an installation of 101 lithographic portraits produced at Brandywine Workshop and Archives, Philadelphia. He began this series by drawing family members and individuals he encountered near his neighborhood. Huckaby focuses less on locale than on the process of engaging with people who might otherwise be marginalized in society. Amidst creating works, he asks his subjects to describe what is most important

he adopted the silhouette as a way to reflect on his shifting identity as a recent transplant

He explores the common thread connecting higher economic systems and displacement

These paintings underscore my desire to have color approximate sound

36 3/4 x 25 1/2 inches

This structure could represent a house that is being moved out or in

The image of Santeria (saints) that are an integral part of the faith of my people in the Dominican Republic

Sylvia Snowden has created vibrantly abstract works

and transformational change

A spiritual connection to nature is evident in the work of Dominican artist Julio Valdez-Gonzalez

The garden and tea house in which the tea ceremony occurs isa total environment that allows people to leave their egoistic and material world and makes them comfortable

and in public art works

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