Philadelphia artist illustrates stories of his neighborhood in solo exhibit

King Saladeen paints in shades of the triumphs and troubles of his childhood in West Philadelphia.

"Art was my first passion," said King Saladeen. "But me having really no direction, or seeing a bunch of different, you know, African American artists growing up, I got led to basketball.""But when I was in 10th-grade, me and my mom was in a car accident," he said. "And that literally gave me the time and the space to really think about, like, what I would do without sports.

"I thought that it'd be good to come back to Philadelphia and tell my story of me growing up in Philadelphia... in Philadelphia," he said. The smiling face depicted in most pictures is meant to represent Saladeen, someone who grew out of his humble beginnings in Philadelphia and wanted to return to give something back.

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