The designer and the fine artist have joined forces on a capsule with all proceeds being donated to Study and Struggle, a mutual-aid organization based in Mississippi.
’s work in an art magazine while working in the library. “I found it so striking and I was intrigued. It was very seductive,” she recalls via email. When she began “seeing his work everywhere” she took it as a sign that it was something she needed to delve into deeper. Wales Bonner eventually traveled to Antwerp to see a retrospective of his work that was being shown at the, the city’s museum of contemporary art.
Now, almost a decade later, the designer and the fine artist have joined forces on a capsule offering of two T-shirts, with all proceeds being donated to, a mutual aid organization based in Mississippi that fights anti-Black racism and mass incarceration through political education and community-building.
“I have always loved the idea of working together [with Kerry James Marshall], but I never thought it would be possible,” Wales Bonner said. “I think my work has always been about broadening a spectrum of representation and freeing people mentally—opening up people’s perceptions. I see beauty as a seductive device to awaken people to new possibilities this way.
, from 1993. A young Black man with a serene gaze stares out from the T-shirt, a singular gold earring punctuating his face. “It is a series that really moves me,” Wales Bonner adds, “I was delighted that after I interacted with Kerry, he wanted to create a new work specifically for this cause, which is a tremendous honor.”
The second design, a stark black graphic image on a yellow background, is described by Marshall in the press release as “an iconic emblem that requires no translation.” The collection is available for purchase on
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