African American Designers in Chicago: Art, Commerce and the Politics of Race

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Oct 27 2018 - Mar 3 2019

Featuring work from a wide range of practices including cartooning, sign painting, architectural signage, illustration, graphic design, exhibit design and product design, this exhibition is the first to demonstrate how African American designers remade the image of the black consumer and the work of the black artist in this major hub of American advertising/consumer culture.

Credit: Exhibition overview from museum website.         

  • Various Media
  • American
  • Various artists

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