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    The Ritual of American Racism

    by The Paris Review Oct 03, 2019 1 minute

    The multidisciplinary artist Betye Saar is best known for her assemblages: meticulous arrangements of found objects, religious iconography, and cultural ephemera that, together, interrogate the ritual of American racism. “,” the first of two major solo exhibitions this appears below.

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