Murder | Created by Ellen M. Blalock from Syracuse, NY.

Murder

Created by:

Ellen M. Blalock from Syracuse, NY

Exhibit:

Racism: In the Face of Hate We Resist

Artist Statement:

Urban documentarians with cell phones have provided proof of what we have always known, and we see another truth about the murders of Black people at the hands of police. In making this quilt, I was thinking both about the craziness and chaos around the scene of a crime and about Picasso’s Guernica. The quilt’s words include “My Son,” “Hands Up,” “Don’t Shoot,” “Can’t Breathe,” and “Murder.”

2018
42" x 41"
Cotton fabric, bullets, ceramic discs