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Theaster Gates

I’m the manifestation of something that was generationally in the making. I’m the realization of my mom’s and dad’s and grandmom’s dreams. I had eight sisters who loved me and a childhood where there was no disconnect between my excitement and aptitude and ambition and my parents’ ability to say, “Yeah, go for it. We love you.”

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