12015-11-16T23:07:42-08:00Haley Brown8210a44ed144bc12abac38c75dc6c0cf4e29e1f757351William Blake, "Europe Supported by Africa and America." 1796. Engraving, 19.4 cm x 14.1 cm. Victoria and Albert Museum, London. From: Victoria and Albert Museum, http://collections.vam.ac.uk/ (accessed November 16, 2015).plain2015-11-16T23:07:42-08:00Haley Brown8210a44ed144bc12abac38c75dc6c0cf4e29e1f7
Description: This piece from 2015 riffs off of an 18th century work depicting Europe in the middle, flanked by Africa and America (see image below). In Sokari's work however each figure has the same skin tone with patterned clothing; both of these elements erase differences between the continents and therefore the people living there. Sokari means to question the centrality of Europe in the world, suggesting a shift in global power and attention to include other continents and peoples. The added element of the garland wraps around the women and ends in a gas pump, speaking to the power of the oil industry in Nigeria.
Possible tags: Sokari Douglas Camp, Nigeria, oil, globalization, metal
DeFabo, Julia. "Sokari Douglas Camp in ‘No Colour Bar: Black British Art in Action 1960-1990′ (10 July 2015 – 24 Jan 2016)." AADATART.org. AADATART, July 2015. Web.
