Original artwork description:

I came upon a letter written by the editor of a small-town paper who was tired of blacks wanting equal treatment so he penned a letter demanding Rights For Whites. The response to the editor was overwhelmingly in support of his racist opinion. The letter was so popular it was reprinted in over 300 newspapers in the southeastern US states. Not long after, the Birmingham campaign of 1963 changed segregation laws. I was surprised to see that people in small towns were so callous and open about their opposition to integration especially knowing their names and address would be public. How would they know that their names and address would be added to an art piece 60 years later, and that these words are still spoken and have not changed in tone after so much time as passed.

This framed work includes the face of a vintage TV giving it a weight of approximately 35 lbs (15 kilos).

Materials used:

MDO, Plexi, B&W print, Acrylic, photo transfer, isolation coat, varnish, vintage tv

Tags:
#racism #integration #segregation 
Featured by our Editors:
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Collage
by Julie Lipa

£6,722.17 Alert

  • Collage on Panel / Board / MDF
  • One of a kind artwork
  • Size: 104.14 x 132.08 x 15.24cm (framed)
  • Framed and ready to hang
  • Signed on the back
  • Style: Collage
  • Subject: People and portraits
Original artwork description
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I came upon a letter written by the editor of a small-town paper who was tired of blacks wanting equal treatment so he penned a letter demanding Rights For Whites. The response to the editor was overwhelmingly in support of his racist opinion. The letter was so popular it was reprinted in over 300 newspapers in the southeastern US states. Not long after, the Birmingham campaign of 1963 changed segregation laws. I was surprised to see that people in small towns were so callous and open about their opposition to integration especially knowing their names and address would be public. How would they know that their names and address would be added to an art piece 60 years later, and that these words are still spoken and have not changed in tone after so much time as passed.

This framed work includes the face of a vintage TV giving it a weight of approximately 35 lbs (15 kilos).

Materials used:

MDO, Plexi, B&W print, Acrylic, photo transfer, isolation coat, varnish, vintage tv

Tags:
#racism #integration #segregation 
Featured by our Editors:

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In the late 1980s, Detroit native Julie Lipa began repurposing elements of vintage TVs into the focal points of her 3D mid-century modern, mixed media works of art. Combining photo transfer collage, resined... Read more

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