Closing Ceremonies (MFA Graduation, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago)
Closing Ceremonies (The School of the Art Institute of Chicago: MFA, Graduation)
2006
Closing Ceremonies is an homage to Tommie Smith and John Carlos' iconic raised fists at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.
Raising a black leathered fist at my MFA graduation was to recognize the isolation I and so many artists' of color have felt in disparagingly white art institutions.