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Tasha Dougé

See No, Hear No, Speak No Justice

Description

Maker

Tasha Dougé (Haitian, b. 1981)
Jessica Tingling (American, b.1988), photographer
Oliver Tingling (American, b.1988), photographer

Title

See No, Hear No, Speak No Justice
from the series A Bed for Justice

Year

2016

Medium

  • Color inkjet print

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • Color inkjet print

Dimensions

Image: 45.8 x 30.6 cm (18 1/16 x 12 1/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

On verso, LL corner, in graphite: 1/10 See No, Hear No, Speak No Justice, Signed by Tasha and BDSP (Oliver and Jessica Tingling)

Identification

Edition

1/10

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

2018.52.1

Type

  • Photographs

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Former Glory
Jul 27, 2018 – Jan 20, 2019

Label copy

In 2016, Haitian artist Tasha Dougé created a five-foot by three-foot flag made entirely from synthetic braiding hair, cotton, and chicken wire. Dougé’s flag is an homage to enslaved Africans brought to America to toil here. The stars are cotton, an industry that fueled the expansion of the United States as well as centuries of persecution. Brown stripes represent the spectrum of melanin that constitutes Black people’s skin tones; gray stripes, the years of ongoing oppression. The black canton speaks to Black experiences specific to the U.S. Lovingly nicknamed Justice, Dougé’s flag appears in this photo series, in which she staged interventions around Philadelphia for one day. Lying on train tracks, sitting on a church pew, burdened by metaphorical weight-is Justice pinning Dougé down, or is she lifting Justice up?-the artist confronts racial inequality and identity.

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Tasha Dougé (Haitian, b. 1981)
Jessica Tingling (American, b.1988), photographer
Oliver Tingling (American, b.1988), photographer
See No, Hear No, Speak No Justice; from the series A Bed for Justice, 2016
Color inkjet print
Image: 45.8 x 30.6 cm (18 1/16 x 12 1/16 inches)
Walter H. Kimball Fund 2018.52.1

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