cardboard slave kit, abolitionist blend, 2021
74" h x 70.5" w x 54" d
This artwork is based on the seal for the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade created in 1787 - one of the most iconic and significant images depicting an enslaved person in the history of art. In its original form it was created as a jasperware relief depicting a kneeling African man in chains with the aphorism, ‘Am I Not a Man and a Brother’ written below. More information on the original image can be found here. For owner's of the kit, links to the PDF files and manual can be found here.
74" h x 70.5" w x 54" d
This artwork is based on the seal for the Society for Effecting the Abolition of the Slave Trade created in 1787 - one of the most iconic and significant images depicting an enslaved person in the history of art. In its original form it was created as a jasperware relief depicting a kneeling African man in chains with the aphorism, ‘Am I Not a Man and a Brother’ written below. More information on the original image can be found here. For owner's of the kit, links to the PDF files and manual can be found here.