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Huckleberry Finn is the final installment in a trilogy of CCA Wattis Institute exhibitions that examine America's canonical novels through modern and contemporary art. Many of the artworks will be new, specially commissioned for this presentation. The show will also include ephemera documenting author Mark Twain, and artifacts and artworks that paint a portrait of African American life in the time of slavery.
The gallery layout will be based on Huck Finn's journey down the Mississippi River. Viewers will experience the history of Twain's novel, a portrait of the era in which it was written, and the way it continues to challenge society in the present day.
Featured artists include Edgar Arceneaux, Ruth-Marion Baruch, Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Claude Clark, Abraham Cruzvillegas, Jamal Cyrus, Emory Douglas, Geoffrey Farmer, Simon Fujiwara, Ellen Gallagher, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Rodney Graham, David Hammons, Martin Honert, Clementine Hunter, Edward W. Kemble, Dorothea Lange, Tim Lee, Henry Lewis, Glenn Ligon, Pare Lorentz, Jason Meadows, Kristen Morgin, Horace Pippin, Betye Saar, Yinka Shonibare MBE, Allison Smith, Alec Soth, William Desmond Taylor, Hank Willis Thomas, Kara Walker, and Andy Warhol
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