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In this bonus episode, Rakeem sits down for an artist talk with Eddie Garland, curator of his solo exhibition entitled "White Artist's Don't Have To Make Work About Racial Identity."  July 5 - July 28, 2017 Opening Reception: July 14 Curator: Eddie Garland Location: Littman and White Gallery (White Gallery)  1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201 Email: littmanandwhite@gmail.com Selected Works --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Los Angeles based artist Rakeem Cunningham, texture has always functioned as a gateway to fantasy. Whether the portal is flowing fabric, animated seamless paper, or free flowing plastic wrap, the dents, crinkles, and crevices of a material's surface is employed to unmask or cover up self-truths. In 2013, Cunningham came out as a gay man, opening up a whole new world and with it newfound levels of oppression, heartbreak, and discrimination. This exhibition, entitled White Artists Don't Have to Make Work Abou