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Bushwick Art Space Hosts Exhibit About Social Justice in Black Communities

Artist Mitchell Reece’s exhibit My Favorite Heartbreak sparks conversation about racial issues.

By Savannah James

March 22, 2019 · 3 min read

Arts & Culture

Bushwick Art Space Hosts Exhibit About Social Justice in Black Communities

Artist Mitchell Reece’s exhibit My Favorite Heartbreak sparks conversation about racial issues.

Savannah James March 22, 2019Mar 22, 2019 · 3 min read

Mitchell Reece’s first solo exhibition, My Favorite Heartbreak, will be up this weekend, March 22 through 24, at PARADICE PALASE, a local art space in Bushwick. Originally a concept for an art publication, My Favorite Heartbreak is a multimedia exhibition that “engages the lives of political prisoners, figures of activism, and the state of America’s beautiful yet undervalued Black communities,” as stated on the press release.

The pieces in My Favorite Heartbreak focus on the lives and work of Assata Shakur , Leonard Petlier , and Malcom X , all activists and martyrs of social justice. “I was first…

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