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  "createdAt": "2024-02-10T19:37:34.143Z",
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        "alt": "Big Wheel I, 2018\nChains, rim, hubcap, tire\nSeems from the side",
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        "alt": "CENTER OF GALLERY\nARTHUR JAFA\nborn Tupelo, Mississippi, 1960\nBig Wheel I, 2018\nChains, rim, hubcap, tire\nIn his work, Arthur Jafa makes space for both the beauty and pain of Black life in the United States.\nRecognizing the shared vocabulary and visual references of that lived experience, he notes: \"I'm addressing Black folks, but everyone gets to listen in.\" Jafa's Big Wheel I typifies his approach in its massive scale and untranslated symbolism. In the nearly eight-foot-tall tire sculpture, he draws from Mississippi's monster-truck culture and histories of anti-Black violence, underscoring the coexistence of Black Americans' joys and traumas.",
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  "text": "\"I'm addressing Black folks, but everyone gets to listen in.\"\n- Arthur Jafa \n\n(Swizz Beats \u0026 Alicia Keys collection opening)"
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