GALLERY RESPONSE - Kayla Chance

BURN:Origins & Resistance

 

 

Harriet Lite the Flame 
(2020)
Digital Collage on canvas framed 

    

Stagecoach Mary 
(2020)
Digtital Collage on mental

    

      During my visit to Burn: Origins & Resistance exhibit by Antoinette Ellis-Williams I was so amazed. I loved how Antoinette Ellis-Williams had so much artwork based on black culture; not just being black cultured but how the exhibit captured the beauty, pain, power, hardworking, social movement, and history of Black women in the United states. The two frameworks that stood out to me the most for me in the exhibit was "Harriet Lite the Flame" and "Stagecoach Mary".

    During my visit to BURN: Origins & Resistance exhibit by Antoinette Ellis-Williams I was so amazed. I loved how Antoinette Ellis-Williams had so much artwork based on black culture; not just being black cultured but how the exhibit captured the beauty, pain, power, hardworking, social movement, and history of Black women in the United States.  

    In this art piece what was so interesting about it was it was about Harriet Tubman who we know was an African American WOMEN who was abolitionist and political activist. She was a slave who escaped and help other slaves to freedom. What this piece tells me just by looking at it , based on the title of the artwork “Harriet Lite the Flame” it shows me how Harriet lite a flame on history for not just Black people in history but also the strength and powerfulness of Black women. Black women are not spoken about enough because we live in a man’s world meaning that women are never spoken about but women are the ones that come up with the best ideas. 

In this framework what caught my interest was seeing a strong Black African American woman holding a rifle. "Stagecoach Mary" was the first African American female star carrier in the United State. Stagecoaching back in the day was very dangerous. What I also like about this framework is that I can relate to it; Stagecoach Mary was a mail carrier and so was my father, my grandmother, and my grandfather. What I noticed along with my family members being mail carriers along with Stagecoach Mary I see how dedicated they were to their job and the hard work they put into it. 

Selfie

    I decided to post a self portrait of myself. My reason for choosing this selfie of mine is because I was inspired from the exhibit and how Antoinette Ellis-Williams, captured so many things from black women from they look wether it is their face, eyes, body, power, and strength.