1945 – 2024
Paintings
The "Cargo" series was inspired by Al's research into his family origins which led directly to the "Middle Passage," the 16th century bubble of global traffic in human bodies for labor and commerce.
People as cargo. How Al got here.
Al hoped to transform the pain of it to some measure of beauty.
His Images are visual impressions of that brutal practice, recognition of its inhumanity and reverence for the humanity that survived.
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Patricia & Vanessa Walton
"Cargo"
22"x 35", 2012
Acrylic and collage on paper
