This print is related to the film The KKK Boutique Ain’t Just Rednecks produced by Camille Billops and her husband, James Hatch, in 1994. The film addresses stereotypes, racism, and the violent history of the United States. KKK is an acronym for Ku Klux Klan, a military white supremacist organization that commits violent and racist acts against people of color.From the Artist
This print is about the racism of the KKK and most hidden, the other people—the White women, Asian women, Black women. In other words, the print is saying we all have racism (through the act of throwing the cross) not just poor white people.
—From Brandywine Workshop and Archives records
Sculptor, archivist, printmaker, and filmmaker Camille Billops was born in Los Angeles, CA. Billops earned a BA from California State University, an MFA from City College of New York (CCNY), and a PhD from the Université Paris-Sorbonne, France. Sh...
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