Maka Wicasa 25 1/2 x 36 3/4 inches shadows and atmospheric conditions

shadows and atmospheric conditions

guiding the viewer’s gaze across the composition

Each of the ten prints in the suite depicts an angelic-faced African child whose silhouetted body emerges from the bowels of a diagrammed ship or an instrument of restraint

Jamaican-born artist Keith Morrison explored the African roots of dance in the Americas

Maka Wicasa 25 1/2 x 36 3/4 inches shadows and atmospheric conditionsFrom the Artist When tribes moved about the Earth they called themselves names which reminded them that they were "The People."Animals, plants, clouds were all relativesnations unite themselves. As modern "civilized"beings we have forgotten these times and these thoughts. The Earth, our grandmother, has become an "it"to be drained and ravaged for our own desire. Words like race, culture, and tribes separate us from each other and the Earth. Our