and i'll be there with you
"and i'll be there with you" was created following the Capitol Riots on January 6th, 2021. It features a woman who is garbed in the American flag and other competing symbols, in a "pieta" pose, but whose body is impaled on spears that represent the destructive ideologies on which she has died. It is part of my series titled "in his name, which identifies the Capitol Building as a Black and sacred space while grappling with the ironic history of American White Evangelicalism as the root of our nation's endless slide into godless depravity.
"and i'll be there with you" was created following the Capitol Riots on January 6th, 2021. It features a woman who is garbed in the American flag and other competing symbols, in a "pieta" pose, but whose body is impaled on spears that represent the destructive ideologies on which she has died. It is part of my series titled "in his name, which identifies the Capitol Building as a Black and sacred space while grappling with the ironic history of American White Evangelicalism as the root of our nation's endless slide into godless depravity.
About The Artist
Artist Alias
Imo Nse Imeh
"Which of the three cities (Nashville, New York, Chicago) do you identify with the most and why?"
City choice airtable
Artist Bio
Dr. Imo Nse Imeh is a visual artist and scholar of African Diaspora art, whose work considers historical and philosophical issues around the Black body and cultural identity. Dr. Imeh earned a BA from Columbia University in 2002 and PhD in the History of African Art from Yale University in 2009. He is Professor of Art and Art History at Westfield State University in Massachusetts.