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Violet Protest: Expressing unity through textile art

June 2, 2020 Deborah Ross

It’s gonna take a lot of work to unify our country, no matter the platitudes and empty promises that are…

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Filed under: ann morton, arizona artists, artivism, phoenix art museum, textile art, violet protest

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Soundbites from the art world

“When I first saw Christo’s work I thought, ‘What is this? He’s just wrapping things up? Why?’ But I soon realized that is exactly the kind of confrontation you want with art: trying to make your own way to the actual answer to the question of why. To me, that’s what his work provokes.”

— Artist and photographer JR in an obituary for Christo in the June 15, 2020, issue of TIME

“This work allowed me to channel my righteous anger at not only the great loss of MLK Jr., but at the lack of representation of black artists, especially black women artists. I transformed the derogatory image of Aunt Jemima into a female warrior figure, fighting for Black liberation and women’s rights. Fifty years later she has finally been liberated herself. And yet, more work still needs to be done.”

— Legendary artist Betye Saar in a Roberts Projects media release when asked about the June 2020 decision by Quaker Oats to retire its Aunt Jemima brand

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