Jaleel Campbell
- Style Biblio
- Sep 22, 2017
- 1 min read
Illustrations of stone faced Black men and women, each one made up of several small geometric shapes, fused together in complementary deep shades. Rich, powerful and emotive. Jaleel is the Syracuse, NY based Illustrator whose work feels familiar and new, all at once.
“A people’s art is the genesis of their freedom.” - Claudia Jones, 1959
How does the world perceive us? Who writes the narratives that shape us? Centuries of inequality have resulted in countless debasing effigies of Blackness. With modern communications levelling the playing field and today’s creative black talent standing on the shoulders of icons who went before, we are on the cusp of a cultural coup d’état.
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