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As I walked through the art gallery I had no intentions on connecting with a piece of art the way that I did on today. I found every piece of art to be very appealing rather it was in or color or in black and white. Each piece had some uniqueness to it. There was one piece of art that really stood out to me, “Void of the sanctuary” by Barrymore A. When I saw this work of art the first thing that I noticed was the skittles candy wrapper. I immediately had a flashback about the Trayvon Martin case. Before noticing the sculpture with the news articles I knew that this piece had something to do with the black lives matter movement. Anything that has to do with African American History as well as the Black lives matter movement I take very seriously
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