Ebb and Flow of Rural Black Spaces (Edition I-III)
During the Great Migration more than 6 million Black Americans relocation from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest, and West between 1916 to 1970. My family chose to stay and cultivate their lives during segregation, Jim Crow, and the Civil Rights Movement. Ebb and Flow of Rural Black Spaces spotlights the community of Western Union School Road in Mineral Springs, North Carolina. This work showcases the evolution and resilience of this historical Black community. The composition also illustrates how this Black owned land have adapted to the cultural deterioration of gentrification. In the midst of it all, southern Black realms veer on.
Ebb and Flow of Rural Black Spaces is a palimpsest experimentation with monotype and Van Dyke brown. Each image is a 10"x10" unique print.
Ebb and Flow of Rural Black Spaces (Edition I) I- XVIII 2021, Van Dyke Brown and Monotype on Paper, 10”x10”
Ebb and Flow of Rural Black Spaces (Edition II) I- IX 2021, Van Dyke Brown and Monotype on Paper, 10”x10”
Ebb and Flow of Rural Black Spaces (Edition III) I- XIII 2021, Van Dyke Brown and Monotype on Paper, 10”x10”