Judith Eloise Hooper @ Museum of City of New York

Artist: Judith Eloise Hooper is one of the featured artists in the Museum’s Art As Response show.

“I created Say My Name in the last week of July. I went to sleep after seeing an image with a mask that was hands to muffle the protest and thought yes, we are being asked to be silent about our history of being Black in America as though it is all in the past. At the same time, during COVID, more Blacks and people of color were at risk doing the essential jobs.  

“I woke up the next morning with the thought that the mask should have images of what was happening in my youth. I thought about how all people of color wear their racial history in this country on their skin because of their color and how people will react to that in whatever way it means to them. In researching images I decided to use the list of names of men and women who had died violent deaths at the hands of those who are there to protect.  

Date: The show is reopening Friday ,Feb 28 and will run until Sunday, May 9. 2021

Location: 1220 Fifth Ave at 103rd St