After talking to Richard about putting my essay in a contemporary
context when it comes to my book I decided to use this as a way of looking at
the relationship between 17th/18th century and modern
depictions of black people. The aim of these images is to repurpose the way in
which black people are depicted within the old oil paintings as inferior and
submissive. I aim to take the submissive role of the black image in enlightenment
art and create a series of illustrations that redefines the black image as
something more magnificent.
This image is the Black boy with Paston treasures is poised
and set in away to show the boy as a material object alongside his other riches
he is merely a status symbol for rich white noble men. However using Gucci Mane
in this image changes it from a servant who is posing as part of his master’s treasures
to turning the image into a black man with his wealth. He is no longer an
object but a patron of wealth.
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