The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects

"Remembrance and Care", Amaiya Crawford

Item

Remembrance and Care.png

Title

"Remembrance and Care", Amaiya Crawford

Description

Artist Amaiya Crawford created this poster, titled "Remembrance and Care", for the Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project of 2020. This poster explores and obfuscates the unique lense Black women are viewed through in American society. The woman in the work wears a medical face mask and is surrounded by flowers and the hands of other people.

Amaiya Crawford is a Louisville artist who explores the human condition, particularly the experiences of Black women in modern American society. Her work seeks to allow the viewer to understand her art through their own unique lens of understanding.

Source

Kentucky COVID-19 Poster Project, The Filson Historical Society

Date

Format

Identifier

021PR3.05

Original Format

Poster

Citation

Crawford, Amaiya, “"Remembrance and Care", Amaiya Crawford,” The Filson Historical Society Digital Projects, accessed May 7, 2024, https://filsonhistorical.omeka.net/items/show/3127.