Black List

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Title

Black List

Subject

Women, Black, in art.
Mural painting and decoration--Michigan--Detroit--2010-2020.

Description

Depicts a woman holding a blank sheet of paper with the text "The definitive list of everything that will keep you safe as a black *woman* (*crossed out) being in America:" She has a bird pecking at her head and a mask resembling J. Dilla in her shirt pocket, likely referencing the mural located to the left of it: Tylonn J. Sawyer's "Doughnuts."

"Other notable works include the female-focused political mural Black List (2016), her second Murals in the Market composition, featuring a dishevelled and sombre-looking woman holding up a listless paper that reads “The Definitive List of Everything That Will Keep You Safe as a Black Woman Being in America.” A theatrical mask of the Detroit rapper J. Dilla pops out of her pocket while a pigeon picks at her Afro, critiquing the victimization of Black people in American society. The title takes its name from the poem, “The Definitive list of Everything that Will Keep You Safe as a Black Woman in America” by Detroit poet and writer, Scheherazade Washington Parrish."--Walls that Unite, not Divide: The Detroit Murals of Sydney G. James by Emily Burkhart.

Creator

Sydney G. James

Source

The Definitive list of Everything that Will Keep You Safe as a Black Woman in America by Detroit poet and writer, Scheherazade Washington Parrish.

Publisher

Murals in the Market

Date

Date Created: 2016
Date Photographed: 2021-11-12

Format

Support: Brick and masonry
Extent: Approximately 17' 6" x 30'

Language

English

Type

Physical Object

Identifier

DMM-2021-031

Has Version

Early images: instagram.com/p/BKrqohog2Rr

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Bibliographic Citation

https://www.artshelp.com/walls-that-unite-not-divide-the-detroit-murals-of-sydney-g-james/

Spatial Coverage

Address: NW side of 2638 Orleans St
Coordinates: 42.34834749873615, -83.03779854693194

Collection

Citation

Sydney G. James, “Black List,” Wayne State University - School of Information Sciences, accessed November 3, 2024, https://waynestateu.omeka.net/items/show/427.

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