Liberty Enlightening the World
2020 | acrylic on canvas | 24x36"
In this work, Lady Liberty is a Black woman who stands before the millions of Black lives that have been lost to slavery and injustice in this country. She is lighting the way and leading us forward, drawing on the power of her ancestors. The piece also reflects the recent official acknowledgement that the original Statue of Liberty was made to honor the emancipation of the slaves. In fact, the original statue was supposed to be holding chains in her left hand. These chains were instead placed at her feet. This piece honors that history.
My hope is that this image and message that Black lives are sacred will freely spread which is why I've made it available for non-commercial use under the Creative Commons license.
"Liberty Enlightening the World" by Arya Badiyan is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License based on a work available at aryabadiyan.com/liberty-enlightening-the-world
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