ARTifacts
Welcome to Artifacts where you can stay updated on the latest happenings.
CURRENTLY EXHIBITING
In his latest series, LINKED, Quashie juxtaposes images of well-known Black figures with other representations of artifacts to comment on stereotypes as they exist today.
LOCATION:
Morris Center for Lowcountry Heritage
Ridgeland, SC 29936
843-284-9227
Overseersucker Stripes
This iconic jacket featuring the names of enslaved Africans on the Mcleod Plantation in a striped pattern and lined with the French Toile, Negro Toil pattern was acquired by the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History & Culture Visual Arts collection.
Now that Mickey Mouse is in the public domain I can engage with him creatively! Read more about why I chose to feature Mickey in blackface in my latest blog post. T-shirts with this iconic image can be purchased in the gift shop.
The Domestics
55” x 80” - Oil on Canvas - 2015
The second image from the
‘Out of Bondage’ series has been acquired by
the Greenville County Museum of Art
