X AMPLE Painting by Variety Brown

Painting: Acrylic on Canvas.

X AMPLE is a portrait of the iconic Malcolm X. The title is a contrast to his birth name, Malcolm Little, which he refused to use.

“My father didn't know his real name. My father got his name from his grandfather and he got his name from his grandfather and he got it from the slave master.”

It is also intended to signify the bold example Malcolm X made during the civil rights movement and legacy he left behind.