On as recent trip to Little Rock, Arkansas, Crystal Bridges' curator Chad Alligood met Delita Martin, a young artist who captures and re-thinks images of African-American women in her work. Little Rock's complex and sometimes violent racial history, including the rocky desegregation of the city's schools under armed guard in 1957, serves as a poignant backdrop. Martin's sharp relief prints bring together history, memory and imagination to create images of African-American women that serve as ico...
On as recent trip to Little Rock, Arkansas, Crystal Bridges' curator Chad Alligood met Delita Martin, a young artist who captures and re-thinks images of African-American women in her work. Little Rock's complex and sometimes violent racial history, including the rocky desegregation of the city's schools under armed guard in 1957, serves as a poignant backdrop. Martin's sharp relief prints bring together history, memory and imagination to create images of African-American women that serve as ico...
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