Tarana Burke, founder of MeToo movement

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By Julie Bennett
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Dimensions (HxWxD):

50.8 × 50.8 × 2 cm

Materials:

Household gloss on canvas

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2018
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Julie Bennett painted Tarana Burke, an African-American civil rights activist to acknowledge her role in the Me Too movement. Often seen as a recent phenomenon, Tarana actually created the movement 12 years ago to support survivors of sexual violence and in particular women of colour from low wealth communities. Tarana, herself a survivor, has given so many women a forum for their voices to be heard and believed. Painted in household gloss, a contemporary oil-based medium, with frantic, bold and fluid brush marks, her work is an unapologetic celebration of paint reflecting Burke’s vision of thriving survivors whilst the fluidity serves as a reminder that although women’s rights have progressed significantly, progress can have a transient nature when it comes to abuse within relationships of power. Bennett was excited by the idea of the South London Women Artists ‘Silence is Over’ final piece being a billboard collaboration of over 20+ South London Women Artists. I liked the reappropriation of the billboard from a medium that has previously objectified women’s bodies to one that powerfully communicates their message of wanting an end to abuse.

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