Artwork description:

A screen-print created by printing two layers of images where the original block has dissolved, leaving only the form and some semblance of an image. This is part of my Lost Generations project and explores how our past can easily dissolve and fade if we do not keep history alive and remembered.

The image is of Charlotte Louise Bridges Forten Grimké (August 17, 1837 – July 23, 1914). She was an African American anti-slavery activist, poet, and educator. She grew up in a prominent abolitionist family in Philadelphia. She taught school for years, including during the Civil War, to freedmen in South Carolina.

The second layer is a red print layer reprinting through the screen-print which has dissolved slightly, yet retaining the form of Charlotte and is symbolic of her passion as part of the abolitionist movement.

Materials used:

Screen-print inks on cartridge paper.

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