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The Art & Activism of Marion Perkins The following yearThe Art and Activism of Marion Perkins: To see reality in a new light edited by Julia Perkins, Michael Flug and David Lusenhof preserves the art of Marion Perkins (1908 1961), a self taught sculpture who became one of the most important visual artists in the Chicago Renaissance. Now fifty years after his death, Perkins work has inspired a new audience of artists, art enthusiast and art historians to study the rich cultural history of Chicagos black