Tethered

This piece uses Jordan Peele’s film US to consider what resides on black girl. On both side me we see words and quotes. In the middle we have the police state that represents the examination of black girlhood and their bodies. Jump rope is one way black girls resist and find voice.

  • Antoinette Ellis-Williams
  • 2020
  • Artist's Studio
  • Mixed Media
  • Mixed media collage
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  • 26" x 31”
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