Artist Statement
“The next print in the "Facing the Giant: Three Decades of Dissent" print series is "Angela Nubian." Here's how co-curator, Pedro Alonzo explains the work:? In her landmark text, Women, Race and Class, civil rights activist and feminist Angela Davis wrote, "black women bore the terrible burden of equality in oppression." Aware of the persistent obstacles that African-American women face in this country, Davis has long been an advocate for dismantling flawed and superficial views of race and gender. In this print, her portrait contains elements of uncertainty that conveys this duality, her expr
About This Print
Angela Nubian (Large Format) is a 2019 Shepard Fairey screen print, published by Obey Giant in a signed, numbered first edition of 89, measuring 30 x 41 inches on Coventry Rag archival cotton paper with hand-deckled edges. Part of the "Facing the Giant: Three Decades of Dissent" series, it portrays civil rights activist and feminist Angela Davis. Her expression reads as either ferocious or restrained depending on the viewer's perspective, conveying duality, while her iconic Afro overtakes bold text reading "Power and Equality." The composition references Davis's writings on race, gender, and oppression, presenting her poised and looking upward as an emblem of ideals essential to progress.
Market Context
No recorded public sales >= $100 - pieces like this are typically held long-term by investors/collectors, were destroyed or consumed, or do not surface on the open market.