Tell us the story behind “Resist Erasure and Whitewashing” — what’s happening in that painting?

RESIST ERASURE AND WHITEWASHING, OIL ON CANVAS
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In “Resist Erasure and Whitewashing” I am using the power of art to push back against this administration’s and others’ efforts to whitewash our black history. To some degree they have erased our history by removing certain institutions that traditionally house our culture. And by denying the public to be educated and by banning certain books about our culture and our history, this piece is intended to push against that. 

​It also allows me to vent the anger that swells up at the idea that there is somebody trying to tell me that I can’t talk about me. That’s not going to happen. So this is my language to say, “No, you don’t tell me that I can’t talk about me.” 

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