In "Ironic," Ann Johnson explores family, community, and Black womanhood - specifically being seen and seeing the women in the shadows. Johnson uses the ironing board as a sacred symbol that represents the backbreaking work many women of color have had to endure for survival.
The work in the exhibition evokes powerful imagery through Johnson’s integration of her experimental printmaking technique with an unexpected medium. The ironing board is a physical object that serves as a medal of honor that many Black women and women of color have earned, having had to take care of families of others before being allowed to tend to their own - the irony being that the least regarded person is actually the most valuable to the home.
The exhibition will remain on display through March 25.
In "Ironic," Ann Johnson explores family, community, and Black womanhood - specifically being seen and seeing the women in the shadows. Johnson uses the ironing board as a sacred symbol that represents the backbreaking work many women of color have had to endure for survival.
The work in the exhibition evokes powerful imagery through Johnson’s integration of her experimental printmaking technique with an unexpected medium. The ironing board is a physical object that serves as a medal of honor that many Black women and women of color have earned, having had to take care of families of others before being allowed to tend to their own - the irony being that the least regarded person is actually the most valuable to the home.
The exhibition will remain on display through March 25.
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