"Tall Cotton" (Limited Edition) (2024)

Tall Cotton (2024) celebrates the resilience of the black community. Depicting five black girls in dresses made of newsprint, signifying the importance of telling the untold stories. Against a predominantly white backdrop, the artwork incorporates important symbols such as a timepiece, an old-world map, and the words "Celebrate" and "Black History." These elements evoke the historical context of the phrase "high cotton," reflecting on the complex history of race and the undeniable contribution of black bodies in the making of the American dream.