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The Broken Liberty Print
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“Proclaim Liberty throughout all the Land unto all the inhabitants thereof” Leviticus 25:10 “Please I can’t breathe. My stomach hurts. My neck hurts. Everything hurts. They’re going to kill me” George Floyd RIP. The above were the dying words of George Floyd, another victim of American’s “Law-enforcers’ jungle justice. Bard Eagle and the Liberty Bell are two of the American national iconic images. The Liberty Bell cracked right from its creation and America’s founding fathers left it cracked as if they meant it to show the world that America’s Liberty is not perfect as there was no liberty for people of colour then in America because of the enslavement of African-Americans was still lawful in some parts of America then. Since the abolition of slavery and the enforcement of integration, there is no equity for all Americans. The killing of George Floyd and other killings of black people made me think figuratively that America’s Liberty is not only cracked but it is a Broken Liberty which is the title of this painting - The Broken Liberty. To illustrate the Americans broken liberty, I positioned the dying body of George Floyd under the broken Liberty Bell with bullets holes and his head under the claws of the eagle tagged as “killer police.” I painted the pictures of some African Americans murdered by America police officers on the Eagle’s chest as medals of shame of present-day America and the dangling dark figures of the hanged Africa-Americans as the tassels of the evil of the America past to echo a line from Billie Holiday’s song “Strange Fruit: Black bodies swingin' in the Southern breeze. Strange fruit hangin' from the poplar trees.” In the front of the burning commercial building are the Donald Trump’s answer to the cry of the Black Lives Matters protesters - his weapons of DOMINATION- the national guards standing on the Black Lives Matters placards to depicts that Donald Trump is saying “Black Lives Matter my foot.” This is to depict that Donald Trump preferred to protect American’s economy rather than to protect African Americans’ lives. The three doves at the top of this painting flying in the midst of the flame depict trinity. Which this, I am evoking the Trinity God to bless America with peace. As a political artist with my intention to evoke and provoke emotions and feelings with my works all of which I did with this painting. This painting may evoke anger and indignation again American system. This anger and indignation should not be used to burn down America but to be used to bring positive change.
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Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper
Size:12 W x 9 H x 0.1 D in
Size with Frame:17.25 W x 14.25 H x 1.2 D in
Frame:White
Ready to Hang:Yes
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O. Yemi Tubi - An Artist and Advocate for the world’s Peace. I am a Nigerian-born, American-trained Artist residing in the United Kingdom an artist with a unique personal style. Most of my recent paintings were influenced by the political and social upheaval of our world today and the works of Renaissance artists. “A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art” so said Paul Cezanne; I was moved by emotion to do most of my political and socially influenced paintings “THE EAGLE HAS LANDED” was done to speak about the American-led war on terror. My painting “THE BLEEDING ROSES” was done in solidarity with Christians beheaded by ISIS in Iraq and Syria. I used my paintings “AFRICAN’T”, “HUNGER IN THE LAND OF PLENTY” and “OIL: AFRICANS’ WEALTH AND WOE” to speak about the exploitation of African nations. The Painting depicts paradoxical poverty and the riches of Africa. my work, “THE FISHERS OF MEN” is about the horror of refugees drowning in the Mediterranean Sea. I also used my painting – “UKRAINE: THE UNFORTUNATE BRIDE” to speak about the America and Russia-influenced war in Ukraine. I desire my portrait paintings to be uniquely creative. I do not copy images from pictures. I create what the camera cannot create. I use portrait paintings to tell the stories about my subjects and often use my subjects’ professions to create their portraits as I did with the portrait of Professor Wole Soyinka, 1986 Nobel Prize Winner in Literature in my painting “SOYINKA: An Africans’ Literary Icon”, I used artist materials to create my painting “PORTRAIT OF AN ARTIST” and I used the violin to create the face of my subject in the “THE VIOLINIST” My works progress from political paintings to paintings of the facts of the life of people. The theme of my works, in general, is "The Facts of Life: Roses and Thorns." Life is roses and thorns; sometimes it emanates the sweet aroma of pleasantness and sometimes it pricks and causes pains. I often use Roses and Thorns for portrait paintings of the facts of the life of people. I first used Roses and Thorns in my political painting “THE BLEEDING ROSES.” Since then I have adopted this floral iconography style - Roses and Thorns as my unique style in some of my paintings like “DOMESTIC ABUSE”, and “MY MOTHER, Her Majesty Platinum Jubilee: Her Rosy Reign” to name a few. Roses are for achievements and other positive parts of life and Thorns are painful challenges and negative parts of life.
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