Kwame Brathwaite: Things Well Worth Waiting For is guest curated by Grace Deveney from the Art Institute of Chicago, who explains her decision to focus on Brathwaite’s “passion for music:” It “not only ignited his photography career and led to his writing music reviews for numerous international publications in the 1970s, addressing the distinct sounds of soul, R&B, and funk, but his love of music also informed his pictures and his approach to photography.” She states further, “Brathwaite has stated a lifelong desire to depict ‘the essence of Black experience, as a feeling, a drive, and an emotion” that are heard and felt through music.” The exhibition title, named after the title of Brathwaite’s critical review of Wonder’s long anticipated album, Songs in the Key of Life (1976) reflects the artist’s hope and vision of a contemporary culture that embraces and celebrates black identity. A large projection—comprised of rotating black and white and color stills—is another facet of the exhibition. Providing ambient sound is the inclusion of Swizz Beatz x Kwame Brathwaite, a double disc vinyl record of jazz standard and contemporary jazz tracks curated by Swizz Beatz with cover artwork by Brathwaite. This groundbreaking solo exhibition represents the second major survey of works by Kwame Brathwaite in Los Angeles. The exhibition is organized in collaboration with the Art Institute of Chicago and guest curated by Grace Deveney, David C. and Sarajean Ruttenberg Associate Curator for Photography and Media at the Art Institute of Chicago.