Research English PhD candidate, Dixon Li, Uncovers the Contributions of Black Women Sculptors

How does an account of Black women’s sculpture and Black women’s labor in the last two centuries offer a different understanding of the monumental that we have yet to adequately address in the ongoing public monuments debates? 

In the history of western aesthetics, making monuments and being depicted in monuments are normally the purview of men. Rarely do women get to make or be in monuments, even more rarely Black women. 

Read more about Dixon Li's research at https://monumentlab.com/bulletin/of-monuments-and-black-womens-monumental-labors.