Above: A photograph by Vanessa Charlot from TRNK’s “Resistance::Resilience” exhibition.
This Black History Month, TRNK founder Tariq Dixon wanted to use his platform to directly address the Black Lives Matter protests of summer 2020 and to imagine a way that he, as a Black retailer and the head of a design studio, could affect change. The result is the latest installment of the TRNK Editions art series, “Resistance::Resilience,” a collection of photographic and mixed-media works that aim to contextualize the history of Black activism in the United States.
The exhibition brings together diverse perspectives on protest and its implications for the Black American experience from the likes of Amandla Baraka, Gregory Prescott, and Quan Brinson; the works are available framed and unframed, starting at $150 each, with 25 percent of sales throughout the year benefiting the Black Youth Project 100, a member-based organization of Black youth activists. We spoke with Dixon about th
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Jazmine Sullivan and
Guitar virtuoso H.E.R. adds her soothing vocals on the
Bongo ByTheWay-produced track to support Sullivan’s sobering thoughts about changing her appearance after a man leaves her for someone else.
“Knew it was real when you blocked me / Now I sit at home judgin’ my body / Wondering what I did to lose you / Why in the hell you ain’t choose me? / Why you don’t love me no more? / I don’t even know what for,” Sullivan sings.
Meanwhile, H.E.R. questions whether being a good girl is even worth the time and effort if the man seeks satisfaction elsewhere.