Racism Doesn’t Rest During a Pandemic Pee Chee (No Justice No Peace), 2020

Artist Patrick Martinez (American, born 1980)

Date2020

Medium4 color offset folder print

DimensionsFramed: 17 x 23 x 2 in. (43.2 x 58.4 x 5.1 cm) Unframed: 11 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (29.8 x 45.1 cm)

ClassificationsPrintmaking

Credit LineGift of Dr. Jennifer Keene and Dr. Fiona Shen

Object number2020.18.1

Label TextSince 2015, Patrick Martinez has been re-envisioning Pee Chee folders to memorialize victims of police violence. In response to the death of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery, Martinez released an unlimited edition print Racism Doesn’t Rest During a Pandemic Pee Chee (No Justice No Peace). With the support of Charlie James Gallery, the sale proceeds were donated to a number of social justice organizations including Black Lives Matter Los Angeles and the Black Trans Protesters Emergency Fund.

“With these works my intention is to cement these people within the context of my art at the same time memorializing them. In America’s history, only presidents and “important” people would have portraits painted of them, scenes cast as bronze sculpture or statues etc. They won’t do that for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery so I want to do it myself so that these happenings and people are not forgotten.”
– Patrick Martinez in interview with Hypebeast

Status

On view

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