Hebru Brantley The Webs We Weave, 2019
Screenprint on museum cotton smooth rag 330gsm paper
Literature: At first glance, Chicago artist Hebru Brantley presents the viewer with a cartoonish figure akin to his popular 'Flyboy.' However, this young Spider Man is a multilayered embodiment of the black experience in contemporary America. Though he dons a mask like many superheros, this wunderkind’s disguise is patched, the stitches frayed and torn. Snippets of text and jarring doodles of skulls, drugs, and violence flank his childish profile, alluding to the issues faced daily by African-American youth.
Dimensions: 24 x 24 in (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
signature info: Signed and numbered on recto
Edition: From edition of 80
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Screenprint on museum cotton smooth rag 330gsm paper
Literature: At first glance, Chicago artist Hebru Brantley presents the viewer with a cartoonish figure akin to his popular 'Flyboy.' However, this young Spider Man is a multilayered embodiment of the black experience in contemporary America. Though he dons a mask like many superheros, this wunderkind’s disguise is patched, the stitches frayed and torn. Snippets of text and jarring doodles of skulls, drugs, and violence flank his childish profile, alluding to the issues faced daily by African-American youth.
Dimensions: 24 x 24 in (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
signature info: Signed and numbered on recto
Edition: From edition of 80
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