$60.00
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Portrait: 12″ x 9″
Signed and Dated
24K Gold Leaf will be applied on the print’s inverted crown prior to shipping
Printed on Hahnemuhle Bamboo, Soft, light traditional rice paper. Natural look & environmentally friendly paper production.
Acid – and lignin – free, museum quality for highest age resistance.
Finish: Matte, lightly textured felt structure.
The upside down crown represents an overthrow of the current power and judicial system. I thought it was fitting for Kalief Browder to emerge from it because his life uncovered the deep systematic flaws in the justice systems and was a crucial part in inspiring the efforts to shut down Rikers Island.
I recently watched Time: The Kalief Browder Story on @netflix and I’ve never been more shaken and disturbed at how much the justice system had failed him. He spent 3 years in Rikers Island despite not being convicted because he did not want to plea guilty to a crime he did not commit. When his day in court finally came, his charges were dismissed but the horrible effects on his mental health remained. He was forced to spend 2 years in solitary confinement at the young age of 16 and when freed, the demons from the trauma stayed with him, leading him to take his own life shortly after.
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