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For Garfield, Jordan Casteel’s
Kevin the Kiteman hits home. In the piece, Kevin sits on a bicycle decked in kites of various kinds hawks, wings, rainbows, an anime mermaid. Behind him is a state office building engraved with and named after
Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the first African American to be elected from New York to Congress. “An amazing feat,” Garfield says, “but based upon the missing letters in his name, this symbolizes what’s often the neglect and disregard for preserving Black history and culture in this country.”
Photo courtesy of American Federation of Arts. Photo: Adam Reich ....

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