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.
“This portrait of Eric Garner as a baby being held by his father is a continuation of a series of portraits that began in 2012 featuring families of victims of police brutality. The painting has scriptures layered in it from Isaiah 54 and Isaiah 61. Commanding healing, peace, joy and restoration for the families of victims and our people as a whole.”…Sophia Dawson
The USTA Foundation Incorporated is donating 50% of the net proceeds from the auctioning of this item to Artistic Noise, in honor of the artist.
Bid now on this original piece of artwork and own a piece of Black Lives to the Front history from the 2020 US Open!
Artist: Sophia Dawson
Title: Young Eric Garner … Isaiah 54:13
Year created: 2020
Medium: Acrylic paint, gold leaf, spray paint, mustard seeds on canvas
Height (unframed, inches): 25
Width (unframed, inches): 17
Depth (unframed, inches): 3/16
This piece is signed by the artist.
Signed Area: front
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:
Sophia Dawson is a Brooklyn-based visual artist who has dedicated her life’s work to exposing the stories and experiences of individuals who are striving to overcome the injustices they face both individually and collectively. By raising awareness of these individuals, she aims to humanize social justice issues and to prevent such experiences from being repeated in the future. Some of the individuals featured in her work include mothers who have lost their children to police brutality both past and present, the Exonerated 5 and political prisoners from the Black Liberation movement that are still incarcerated within the United States. In 2020, Sophia was one of three artists selected to design the “Black Lives Matter” street mural for Foley Square in New York City.