“Central to this work is an interrogation of how the educational system supports the exploitation of Black children who are often harvested almost exclusively for their athletic prowess while they are simultaneously underdeveloped intellectually, psychologically, and emotionally.
The chalkboard replicas in this exhibit employ symbols, images, and short texts to call attention to the ways Black children are tormented and brutalized in schools and classroom environments dominated by white teachers and disciplinarians. I am especially concerned with the reality of young girls who are viewed as hyper-sexual and young boys who are viewed as threats, ultimately reducing and producing children trapped in a white gaze and stereotyped as brutes and jezebels, with bodies that must be policed.”
Policing Black Bodies # 1 and #2
Acrylic chalkboard paint, chalk
30″ x 40″ | not for sale
Artwork created in response to a 1957 photograph of Elizabeth Eckford during the integration of the Little Rock schools.
The New Field Hands
Acrylic chalkboard paint, chalk
12″ x 36″ | not for sale
African American History 101
Acrylic chalkboard paint, chalk
30″ x 40″ | not for sale
Artwork created in response to a 1968 photograph of Tommie Smith and John Carlos taken at the summer olympics in Mexico City.
Get the Ball to Harriet
Acrylic
30″ x 40″ | not for sale
This painting uses uses the symbolism of sports to present a narrative about the underground railroad. Click here for an in-depth look at this piece, including video commentary by the artist.
