Through her sculptures, artist Sandrine Plante retells the story of her ancestors. “My work shows the history of our ancestors and of slavery in particular,” she explains. “I portray the kings and queens of Africa, and the rituals and beliefs.” “It is our duty to remember, serving history so that we never forget…” Such is the ethos of Sandrine Plante-Rougeol, a militant figurative sculptor, who dedicates her art to the theme of slavery. Sandrine’s devotion to her ancestor’s h

Kara Walker Kara Walker is among the most complex and prolific American artists of her generation. Over the past decade, she has gained national and international recognition for her room-size tableaux depicting historical narratives haunted by sexuality, violence, and subjugation through the genteel 18th-century art of cut-paper silhouettes. Over the years the artist has used drawing, painting, light projections, writing, shadow puppetry, and, most recently, film animation t

Do you know who Edmonia Lewis is? She studied in Italy and most of her work was done with marble. She was also of Haitian and American Indian lineage. To support her craft she sculpted medallion portraits featuring images of renowned abolitionists, including Garrison, John Brown and Wendell Phillips, an advocate for Native-Americans. According to Smithsonian Magazine, “sculptors of that time traditionally paid Roman stone crafters to produce their works in marble, and this l