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Black Artists Changing the Game: Renee Cox

Renee Cox is an American artist of Jamaican descent. Born in Colgate, Jamaica, on October 16th, 1960, she and her middle-class family later settled in Scarsdale, New York. It Shall Be Named Cox got her start with 1994's 'It Shall Be Named.' She constructed the art piece with images of a lynched Black man who […]

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