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VISITING ARTIST COLLECTION NO. 2
michael haskins jr: LET THE HORSES RUN exhibition at bliftd art stvdios INTRODUCES THE WORK OF ARTIST, DEVELOPER, AND CREATOR MICHAEL HASKINS JR. (B: 1991, BALTIMORE, md)
CURATORIAL STATEMENT, BY MICHAEL HASKINS JR.
Let the Horses Run expresses michaels thinking around how thought provoking horses are from the beginning of transportation, to classism, to symbols on suaght upon vehicles. Unconsciouly everyones goal is a horse. even down to what it symbolizes, power, freedom, speed, to age well…
VISITING ARTISTS COLLECTION NO. 1
On the heels of the removal of the Black Lives Matter Plaza in Washington, D.C., and other recent threats to symbols of joyful resistance, The World Can't Take It Away offers this timely assertion: Black Joy is more than brick-and-mortar symbols; it is an eternal and internal GUIDE that transforms the impact of oppression and events. The vibrant works of these artists remind us that joy is a source of power that protects spirits and emotions and is the source of LONGEVITY.