Protect Black Women - Nashira Banks

 

John Berger

• "A painting could speak to the soul."
• "All reality was mechanically measured by its materiality".

     My performance piece address the topic of protecting black women. Being a black woman in today's society can be very challenging. Black women are often viewed as being the aggressor in situations, when in those situation they are just trying to protect themselves. My inspirations for this performance are based from my own experiences and Jean Michel Basquiat art. Basquiat art can look child like at first, after looking at his work some pieces have words written in the background so I decided to put words on my face. I decided to revisit Mickalene Thomas -Photographed, Collaged and Painted Muses, “By selecting women of color, I am quite literally raising their visibility and inserting their presence into the conversation.” This is incredibly important especially in today's society because black women are constantly being disrespected, have no protection and it has became a growing topic on social media. However, there is no conversation regrading this and there needs to be one. Instead many people are quick to judge, believe that one is lying, or being the aggressor in serious situation.