Soundtrack: Sadie Woods

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Sadie Woods, Social Central performance at Ragdale Foundation, 2020. Photo: Seed Lynn.

Andres Serrano, Nomads (Payne), 1990. Silver dye-bleach print. Sheet: 40 × 32 ½ in. (101.6 × 82.6 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift from The Howard and Donna Stone Collection, 2002.60. © 1990 Andres Serrano. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago
Christina Quarles, Laid Down Beside Yew, 2019. Acrylic on canvas, 84 1/8 × 96 1/16 in. (213.7 × 244 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift of Katherine S. Schamberg by exchange, 2019.16. Courtesy of the artist, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, and Pilar Corrias Gallery, London.
A woman stands mostly nude in front of a mirror surrounded by discarded clothing. She holds her breasts in her hands as a large grin spreads across her face.
Kerry James Marshall, Untitled (Mirror Girl), 2014. Acrylic on PVC panel; 83 ¾ x 59 ¾ in. (212.7 x 151.8 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift of Marshall Field's by exchange, 2015.8. Acrylic on PVC panel Framed: 84 5/8 × 60 ¾ in. (214.9 × 154.3 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift of Marshall Field's by exchange, 2015.8. Photo: Nathan Keay, © MCA Chicago.
Larry Clark, Untitled (KIDS), 1995 Chromogenic development print 16 × 20 in. (40.6 × 50.8 cm). Collection Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, gift from The Howard and Donna Stone Collection, 2002.16.12 © Larry Clark; courtesy of the artist and Luhring Augustine, New York, Photo: Michal Raz-Russo, © MCA Chicago.

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