“peace by piece: fight by flight” kuwasi balagoon tribute (2011)
acrylic on canvas
21" x 17"
how does freedom feel? this piece is inspired by Kuwasi Balagoon, a queer Afrikan anarchist, and former member of the Black Liberation Army. the foreground of the work is a replication of a drawing by Balagoon that was printed in his obituary. centering Balagoon (right bottom corner) as a freedom fighter, the work re-envisions how Balagoon imagined his life as free and always free while struggling and navigating concerte carceral spaces-. this piece was donated to Cooperation Jackson, a worker-owned cooperative in Jackson, Mississippi.