In other words, while a woman might claim discrimination on the basis of sex, and a black man might claim it on the basis of race, neither sex nor race alone could capture the discrimination
endured by a black woman.
Doreen Garner creates visceral, life - like sculptures that acknowledge the brutality
endured by the subjects of J. Marion Sims, a nineteenth century doctor who operated on enslaved
Black women without anesthesia or consent.