Untitled, 2021
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Title
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Untitled, 2021
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Rights
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Copyright Khari Johnson-Ricks
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Type
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StillImage
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Creator
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Johnson-Ricks, Khari
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Date
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2021
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Description
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This is a new mural by New Jersey-based artist Khari Johnson-Ricks. Located outside The Attic Youth Center for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth at 255 South 16th Street in Center City, the mural was commissioned by the Asian Arts Initiative as part of their Unity at the Initiative exhibition that’s celebrating the work of Jeffrey Cheung and queer/trans artists of color in Philadelphia.
“I’ve been thinking about ways to make images of queer and trans people that centers their personhood,” Khari responded over email about the inspiration behind his new mural. “More often than not when images get made of queer people it centers sex or gender visibility. I want to see more images of the ambitions of queer people and the nuances of there lives.”
This is Khari’s first piece of public art in Philly, but hopefully not his last: “The public art I want to make reflects the communities they are apart of and opens up spaces for radical imagination.”
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Description source
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Format
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image/jpeg
3000 × 2000 pixels
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Language
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English
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Place
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Attic Youth Center
255 South 16th Street
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Contributor
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Photo from Streets Dept
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Extent
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4.8 MB
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Identifier
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img_5831-4-2
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Relation
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Asian Arts Initiative
Unity at the Initiative exhibition
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Subject
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public art
mural paintings (visual works)
BIPOC
LGBTQ+ youth
LGBTQ+ youth centers
Transgender youth
Queer youth
LGBTQ+ communities
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Temporal Coverage
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2021
Untitled, 2021