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Child Bride
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Art-piece depicts a 13 year old girl on her wedding day. Like many young people, she was taken from her African home, and brought to the new world to be sold or married off to rich men. These children came as innocent beings, whose personal identities were just forming. Her youth is captured in her radiant beauty, yet from the suffering she has undergone as an abused captive, she is filled with a maturity beyond her years. By capturing her at such a young age, she could be manipulated and sculpted into whatever image those who ruled over them wanted her to be. This leads to confusion of self vs the artificially imposed ego and the dissipation of one’s original culture. The loss of the immigrant identity started at this point in American history.
Acrylic on Canvas
Acrylic on Canvas