This exhibition includes 38 artists.
The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
September 14, 2016 – March 19, 2017
Images courtesy of Institute of Contemporary Art Philadelphia
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 667.4285714285714 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Glenn Ligon- Glenn Ligon
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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Lili Reynaud-Dewar![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1434.4262295081967 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Lili Reynaud-Dewar- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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William Pope.L![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1502.79089738085 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Matthew Metzger- William Pope.L
- William Pope.L
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William Pope.L- William Pope.L
- William Pope.L
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- Left: Rashid Johnson, Right: Lisa Alvarado
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- Left: Sanford Biggers, Right: Lisa Alvarado
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- Left: Sanford Biggers
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Cauleen Smith- Cauleen Smith
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Cauleen Smith![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1545.2538631346576 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Cauleen Smith- Cauleen Smith
- Stan Douglas
- Stan Douglas
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Stan Douglas- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- Right: Wadsworth Jarrell
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Left to Right: Roscoe Mitchell, Roscoe Mitchell, Jeff Donaldson- Left to Right: Roscoe Mitchell, Roscoe Mitchell, Jeff Donaldson
- Floor plinth: Emilio Cruz
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- Anri Sala
- Anri Sala
- Anri Sala
- Anri Sala
- Anri Sala
- Anri Sala
- Jae Jarrell
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Gerald Wililams- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now Left: Jennie C. Jones
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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Douglas R. Ewart, George Lewis, Douglas Repetto![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1535.7612988152698 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Douglas R. Ewart, George Lewis, Douglas Repetto![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 788.5714285714286 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Douglas R. Ewart, George Lewis, Douglas Repetto![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1501.5015015015015 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
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Douglas R. Ewart, George Lewis, Douglas Repetto- Douglas R. Ewart, George Lewis, Douglas Repetto
- Douglas R. Ewart, George Lewis, Douglas Repetto
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Douglas R. Ewart, George Lewis, Douglas Repetto- Douglas R. Ewart, George Lewis, Douglas Repetto
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Douglas R. Ewart, George Lewis, Douglas Repetto![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1429.1547570436912 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Douglas R. Ewart, George Lewis, Douglas Repetto- Douglas R. Ewart, George Lewis, Douglas Repetto
- Douglas R. Ewart, George Lewis, Douglas Repetto
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Lili Reynaud-Dewar- Lili Reynaud-Dewar
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Terry Adkins![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 645.1428571428571 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Marc Enguerand![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 642.8571428571429 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Robert Abbott Sengstacke- Anthony Braxton
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Roscoe Mitchell![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 783.1428571428571 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Jamal Cyrus![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1172.922252010724 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Gerald Williams![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 870.2857142857143 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Lisa Alvarado![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1146.03798297315 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Rashid Johnson![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1232.2659100121605 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Roscoe Mitchell![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 1321.2533031332578 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Jeff Donaldson![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 2018.4544405997692 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Wadsworth Jarrell![](data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 747.4285714285714 1000"%3E%3C/svg%3E)
Cauleen Smith- Background: David Hammons, Foreground: Renée Green
- Renée Green
- Renée Green
- Renée Green
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Muhal Richard Abrams- The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now
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The Freedom Principle: Experiments in Art and Music, 1965 to Now