![]() I am referencing a Black/Blackness that’s existed for thousands of years emanating from the continent of Africa and throughout the Diaspora. By “Black” I am not referring to the popular notion of Blackness as the antithesis to Whiteness, which was established in the mid-late seventeenth century U.S. I am testifying to fifty years of study that has given birth to a culmination of work that illustrates aspects of the Black experience from a historical, social and cultural perspective. “Art has to be a kind of confession.” - James Baldwin A portrait of James Baldwin, depicted as an ancestor with an African mask. ![]() ![]() His new exhibition, Testify!, explores themes of black masculinity, violence against women and young black men.īelow is the artist’s statement from the Testify! exhibition. He is an artist and educator in the Baltimore City Public Schools and is a native Baltimorean. Ernest Shaw is the senior artist in residence at the Motor House, an arts space in Baltimore funded in part by the Robert W. ![]()
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