Photography
#flowers
#social justice
Denisse Ariana Pérez (previously), “Boys and Water” (2019). All images courtesy of the artists/The Earth Issue, shared with permission
An online primarily based exhibition by The Earth Issue, an artist collective in the intersection of environmental activism and social justice, amenities on the symbolic power and precarious nature of the flower. Thought of every an indication of love and an offering to make amends, vegetation in bloom are typically web sites of cultural contradiction, a theme that runs by way of the dozens of photos in Strange Flowers—the current is titled in reference to Billie Trip’s anti-lynching protest anthem “Uncommon Fruit.”
“Magnificence felled in its prime. Taken with out consent, their stems ripped from the earth, their connection to life severed, petals pulled and crushed underfoot. Much like George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and quite a few totally different innocent victims of racial injustice and police violence,” says a statement about the expansive assortment.
The Earth Issue is selling prints of each of the works in its shop by way of April 11, and a portion of the proceeds will go to BIPOC communities. See some of Colossal’s favorites underneath, and peruse all the photos on the collective’s site. (by manner of Juxtapoz)
Emily Hlavac Inexperienced, “Fowl In A Cage” (2020)
Chukwuka Nwobi, “Ore” (2018)
Chieska Fortune Smith, “Once more” (2018)
Jesse Crankson, “I Can’t Breathe” (2018)
Joachim Mueller-Ruchholtz, Marathonas, Greece (2019)
Left: Kay Ibrahim, “Flowerboy” (2018). Correct: Kin Coedel, “Sky” (2016)
Tom Johnson, “Denis The Dancer,” Rio (2019)
#flowers
#social justice
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