PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- An immersive experience at The Barnes Foundation is giving visitors a look into a historic conversation while showcasing its continued impact on African American culture and art.
"Once Again...(Statues Never Die)" is a five screen presentation and work of art created by artist and filmmaker Isaac Julien.
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The exhibit explores the relationship between The Barnes Foundation Founder, Dr. Albert C. Barnes, and Philadelphia native Alain Locke, who was a philosopher and cultural critic, and their mutually formative critical dialogue.
Locke is known as the Father of the Harlem Renaissance. Dr. Barnes was a collector and exhibitor of African material culture.
"It's the beginnings of the reception of African art into the west," said Isaac Julien. "I see this work as a form of poetic restitution of thinking about that as a question and thinking about the nature of how works arrived here and what that encounter means in terms of how we look at them today."
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The exhibit is set to open to the public on Sunday June 19, and will run until September 4, 2022.
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