Renée Cox is an African-American artist, photographer, political activist and curator. Cox currently lives and works out of New York.
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“We started off doing this underground, handing them out in no central location. We started this because we believe that disease will easily spread without access to clean needles.”
Renee Cox
“I am really glad to be showing at the fine arts fair, because it's a market I don't usually have access to.”
“I understand it doesn't feel good. I understand the concerns of the message we are sending, but if sterile needles aren't available, people will be forced to use contaminated needles they find on the streets.”
“I'm certainly glad we can continue this important public health initiative while all of this work takes place.”