Resistance is Useless
Race, Slave Trade, Imagined History
A collection of 17 etched portraits and nameplates, Resistance is Useless works to counteract the systematic erasure of enslaved Africans stolen and exploited by the British for plantation work in the West Indies. The work imagines and pieces together history to construct narratives and images slave owners would have resisted in their quest to destroy the humanity of the African people.
DR Wakefield
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Chevington Press
2004
Petal Niles
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Silk screen printing, etched illustration and type
Artist's Book
1492 What Is It Like to Be Discovered?
"1492 What Is It Like to Be Discovered?" explores Columbus and his involvement in "discovering" the "New World." The text consists of poetry, dictionary definitions, magazine/newspaper cutouts, quotes from Columbus' and other conquistadors diaries, and short histories throughout hundreds of years. All the history and its text is true and accurate. The images are from magazines and newspaper cutouts, but the majority of images have been adapted from 16th Century engravings by Theodore de Bry. The book questions how a people and their established civilizations can be "discovered." The book is a criticism of the praise we give Columbus, and is a recount of history, told with all the facts.
Deborah Small with Maggie Jaffe
Ella Strong Denison Library, Scripps College
Monthly Review Press
1991
Madeline De La Cancela
0.5 x 10.8 x 8.2 inches; 160 pages
English
Spanish
Artist's Book
Barbie
gender roles, feminine identity, childhood, sexism
"Barbie" tells the story of a painful childhood memory that seems inconsequential at first glance, but when examined more deeply hints at the problematic nature of indoctrinated gender roles. "Barbie" uses Barbie Dolls to exemplify the idealization and objectification of femme individuals and critique the widespread complacency with which people accept both the gender binary and the very strict roles that come with it.
Charlotte Hyde
Scripps College Press
Scripps College Press
April 2017
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"The Wonder of Barbie: Popular Culture and the Making of Female Identity", Lenore Wright, 2003. Baylor University.
6'' X 9'' paper, letterpress print
English
broadside
Barbie
gender roles, femininity, childhood