Free As they want to be: Artists Committed to Memory Opening at Harvard.

Henry Louis Gates viewing the image I took of my father's Bible on Stone Mountain. Photo by ©Melissa Blackall

These are some of the images from the opening of Free As They Want To Be:  Artists Committed to memory at Harvard Cooper Gallery featuring my series Invisible Empire.

The series was inspired by W.E.B. Dubois's essay, Invisible Empire,  which grapples with the contradictions of the American South which a brutal history shadows its natural splendor. He reflects on the paradox of a landscape adorned with granite stone and lush greenery yet haunted by the presence of the Ku Klux Klan. For Du Bois, Georgia becomes a microcosm of the broader American dilemma—a place where beauty co-exists with violence and the past remains unresolved. Through his prose, he uncovers the ways white supremacy operates not only through visible violence but also through the quiet normalization of hate in everyday life.

The exhibition is open through June 30th  so if you are in Boston, check it out!,

Photo by ©Melissa Blackall

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