ABOUT THE WORK
Material: antique racist sheet music, frames made from antique weaving loom,reconstructed carnival box with racist tin dancing toy
If you look closely, you can see the words “guaranteed harmless” on the makeup box inside the framed carnival boxwith the... Read More
If you look closely, you can see the
words “guaranteed harmless” on
the makeup box inside the framed carnival box
with the two racist dancing figures.
The incredible hubris of minstrel shows was not only that they
perpetuated
racism, but that they did so under the
guise that it was all just good harmless entertainment.