This is an original art piece, handmade by the artist for the USTA’s Black Lives To The Front Original Art Exhibit at the 2020 US Open. This piece was displayed in the front row seats of Arthur Ashe Stadium at the 2020 US Open.
“Being a Black woman, I have seen and experienced racism within America. Seeing my people being killed just because of the color of their skin brings pain to my heart. Having to sit down and explain police brutality, that the ones that are meant to be protecting us, are the main ones killing us, to my little brothers was the most despondent thing I have ever done. Within this piece, I want the viewers to understand that we need to emerge as a community and put an end to racism and make the All Lives Matter slogan something that’s true. Let us emerge, so the future generation doesn’t have to go through the same pain and fighting.”…Madina Reece
The USTA Foundation Incorporated is donating 50% of the net proceeds from the auctioning of this item to the National Tennis Foundation, in honor of the artist.
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Artist: Madina Reece
Title: Emerge
Year created: 2020
Medium: Acrylic paint on canvas
Height (unframed, inches): 25
Width (unframed, inches): 17
Depth (unframed, inches): 3/16
Description of piece:
This piece will be in an acrylic shadow box with a 3 inch margin on each side and the dimensions framed are: height: 28 inches; width: 20 inches; depth: 2 inches). Background material that the art will be mounted to is a 9.3 oz linen canvas.
Artist bio:
Madina Reece was born in Guyana and now lives in Brooklyn, New York. Madina studied painting at Brooklyn High School of the Arts and will be attending the BFA program at the Fashion Institute of Technology this fall. Madina specializes in realism and strives to create a series of narratives with the intention of giving the unheard a voice. Madina experiences art as a way to release emotions and strives to become an art therapist.