STOP PUTTING ME IN A BOX
The Stop Putting Me In A Box installation is in reference to how society attempts to force people to conform or adapt to fit in. In this installation, the work is exploring how African American women are forced to conform to European beauty standards. This action has a profound lifelong effect on Black women as it relates to self-esteem and self-worth. Each box in this installation has a charcoal and chalk portrait drawing of a different African American woman, and her accompanying quote and/or personal narrative about her experience with colorism and her physical appearance.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (Indiana University of PA) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (close up shot of the portrait on the box) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (University of North Carolina Wilmington) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (close up shot of the portrait on the box) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (University of North Carolina Wilmington) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (Indiana University of PA) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (close up shot of the portrait on the box) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (Indiana University of PA) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (close up shot of the portrait on the box) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (Phosphor Project Space) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (Indiana University of PA) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (Indiana University of PA) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (Indiana University of PA) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (Indiana University of PA) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (close up shot of individual box) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.
Stop Putting Me In A Box (Indiana University of PA) - Cardboard boxes, charcoal and chalk portrait drawings with transferred text on (30) various size boxes. 2018.