Dublin Core
Title
Resistance is Useless
Subject
Race, Slave Trade, Imagined History
Description
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.
Creator
DR Wakefield
Source
Display open to Coverpage
Publisher
Chevington Press
Date
2004
Contributor
Petal Niles
Rights
Copyrights to this item are the property of the artist. The image(s) may be used for non-profit research or teaching purposes or other fair use as defined by U.S. copyright law. Please be sure to credit the appropriate owner of each object. Reproduction of any collection content for any commercial purpose without prior authorization from the owning institution is strictly prohibited. Requests for commercial use permissions or high-resolution reproductions of images must be directed to the owner.
Relation
Format
Silk screen printing, etched illustration and type
Language
Type
Artist's Book