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888 Pieces of We: A Photo Memoir by Keba Konte

Posted on | July 30, 2008 | No Comments

888 Pieces of We: A Photo Memoir by Keba Konte

July 30th through September 8th

Opening Reception: Friday, August 8th, 8pm to Midnight
Artist Talk: Saturday, August 16th, 2pm

The Oakland Art Gallery is pleased to present 888 Pieces of We: A Photo Memoir by Keba Konte. The 888 photographs to be shown in this exhibition will be of a variety of subjects; as Konte puts it, “ images of protests and portraits, street movements and political movements, freaks, friends and family members…” For more information about the show, visit our website at www.oaklandartgallery.org.

This exhibition is sponsored in part by the Guerilla cafe.

Keba has produced a beautiful full color catalog available now through Blurb.com Click HERE to view and purchase.

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