An examination of self-representation.
via Hyperallergic
Lava Thomas’s Mugshot Portraits (2018-) depict ordinary women who organized the Montgomery Bus boycotts in the 1950s, carefully recreating their mugshot photos with Conté and graphite pencil. The lifesize drawings conjure the presence of women often erased from historical narratives, lingering on seemingly supplemental details like a missing glove or a down-turned gaze. The richness of the portraits expose the true function of mugshots: to reduce and dehumanize.
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