Passing paintings of slave ships, boy scouts and girl scouts, Nat Turner, Harriet Tubman, and anonymous African American artists, he discussed his approach to representation, the ways in which he elevates scenes of everyday life, and how in charting American history, he avoids sensational images by pursuing more thoughtful depictions of his subjects. (culturetype.com)
The Garinagu are descendants of Carib Indians (South American natives who settled on the Caribbean island of St Vincent) and West Africans who were said to have escaped from Spanish slave ships in 1635 and made the island their home. (tsunamiadventures.com)
According to Williamson, the work was inspired by specific voyages that were taken by slave ships from the west coast of Africa to the Americas in the 19th century. (artsy.net)