Who is Contemporary Artist April Bey?
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April Bey is a Bahamian-American visual artist whose work represents icons and anti-heroes of Bahamian and American culture and contemporary pop culture. April's work is crafted around the perspective of the fictional planet Atlantica, an Afrofuturist alien world which redefines Blackness outside the context of white supremacy and colonial suffering. Listen to this episode to learn how April uses painting, printmaking, collage, and video to broaden her vision for acts of reparation.
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