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THORA JACOBSON

THORA JACOBSON is Director of the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia administered by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. At Fleisher since 1972, Jacobson has also served as guest curator and juror for numerous group and solo exhibitions on the East Coast, and has been Chair of the Philadelphia Art Commission since 1993. Her essay in this publication was originally prepared for a retrospective exhibition of Kandelaki's work she curated for the Baleh Institute for Ethnic Studies in Philadelphia in 1992.