Morning and Night (James Baldwin & Angela Davis)
Morning and Night (James Baldwin & Angela Davis)
Artist
Patrick Martinez
(born 1980)
Date2018/2021
MediumNeon on acrylic, transformer, and wire
Dimensionsneon: 30 1/8 in. × 36 in. × 3 in. (76.5 × 91.4 × 7.6 cm)
neon with transformers: 32 1/8 in. × 36 in. × 4 in. (81.6 × 91.4 × 10.2 cm)
neon with transformers: 32 1/8 in. × 36 in. × 4 in. (81.6 × 91.4 × 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2021.62
Accession number
2021.62
On View
On viewLabel TextThis phrase is from James Baldwin’s open letter to the activist Angela Davis after her unjust arrest. He asks that his readers stand in solidarity, saying, “we must fight for your life as though it were our own.”
Esta frase es de la carta abierta de James Baldwin a la activista Angela Davis después de una detención injusta. Baldwin les pide a sus lectores que expresen su solidaridad, y dice “debemos luchar por tu vida como si fuese la nuestra.”
Inscribedverso, u.l., scratched into black acrylic framework: 1/3
verso, u.r., scratched into black acrylic framework: M22
