Transforming Hate - An Artist's Book

Transforming Hate - An Artist's Book

Creator

Clarissa Sligh

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Description

A golden crane gleams just inside the cover of Transforming Hate: An Artist’s Book. Although it may look like an ordinary piece of origami, there is a deep significance to the delicate, reflective material and the carefully folded flaps. The golden crane is a metaphor, bringing the topic of social justice to the eyes of the public. As a black woman, author and artist Clarissa Sligh has worked tirelessly to prompt the serious conversation of white supremacy for all Americans. The goal of Transforming Hate: An Artist’s Book was to turn hateful words of white supremacists into art. Through the process of creating her book, Sligh was painstakingly familiarized with the many levels of white supremacy and how it is widely projected into our society. In conjunction with the levels of white supremacy, are the deep layers of oppression and violence for the underrepresented races, genders, classes, and sexual orientations in America today. Sligh asks the questions: “Why do we keep each other from being who we really are?” and “How can we begin to talk about what separates us?” Transforming Hate: An Artist’s Book forces readers and viewers to think about their daily decisions in regards to who receives which rights, and who is specifically marginalized in their communities on a daily basis.

Publisher

Clarissa Sligh

Subject

Racial Politics & Identity

Extent

8 x 8″; 108 pages including covers

Style

Paperback

Material

Perfect bound softcover. Illustrated paper wrappers with flaps. Housed in foldout die-cut box with gold foil origami crane inserted into cover slot.

Technique

Four-color offset lithography

Date

2007

Transforming Hate - An Artist's Book

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