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Studio Museum documents Whitten’s early alignment with New York Abstract Expressionism and his continuing references to the civil-rights movement.
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1939–2018
New York painter whose early practice engaged Abstract Expressionism and civil-rights-era urgency before evolving through radical material and technological experimentation.
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Studio Museum documents Whitten’s early alignment with New York Abstract Expressionism and his continuing references to the civil-rights movement.
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