Last week, the Princeton University Art Museum presented a webinar featuring photographer Renee Cox. She reviewed her life’s amazing work in photography including the photo included below. She produced this some years ago but sadly stated that it is just as apropos today as ever which made me incredibly sad.
So I am reproducing Renee Cox’s Yo Mama’s Pieta as a memorial to those people of color who we have sadly, so recently lost to violence and brutality…as well as those maimed and injured…and to the families who must bear the brunt of their grief. So in sorrow and humility:
Currently the Princeton Art Museum is featuring a show of the photographs of Renee Cox (November 18, 2023 to January 28, 2024). Here is a link to their article about the show: https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/exhibitions/3807