Jeannette Ehlers
Jeannette Ehlers (born 1973) is Danish-Trinidadian artist based in Copenhagen. Her work often addresses themes and questions around memory, race and colonialism.[1] She is well-known for co-creating the public art project, a monumental public sculpture, I Am Queen Mary with La Vaugh Belle in 2018. It is the first public statue of a Black woman in Denmark and depicts Mary Thomas, leader of the 1878 St. Croix labor riot.[2]
Reference
- ^ "Whip it Good". africasacountry.com. Retrieved 2020-07-03.
- ^ Sorensen, Martin Selsoe (2018-03-31). "Denmark Gets First Public Statue of a Black Woman, a 'Rebel Queen'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-07-02.
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