Galerie Hubert Winter

Kandis Williams, SOLDIER PSYCHO (Sketch) This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. (2024)
Paper, collage, color aid and adhesive on paper, 24 x 18 in
<p class="caption">Full title:</p> <p>SOLDIER PSYCHO (Sketch) This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill—the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill—you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes (Morpheus, 1999). When the legislature convened for its first session in 1913, the Democrats signaled their victory by immediately offering several bills against the Negro. Jack Johnson, champion a few years before, was then in the high tide of his prosperity. He was already married to a white woman, and it seems that in his theatrical engagements which followed after his victory, he was accompanied by another white woman who had fallen under his spell. Seeing their chance to get even, racially prejudiced persons brought a charge against him under the Mann Act. He was accused of transporting the woman in the case into the different states where he gave shows. Instead, Mr. Johnson chose to open a saloon to cater to the worst passions of both races. When he was not on the road, he spent most of his time there, entertaining the wildest of the underworld of both sexes and especially of the white race (Wells, 1970). Marshall: This name was introduced to Britain about the time of the Norman Invasion of 1066, and is derived from 'marechal' (horse servant, or groom). Historic reliance on the horse ensured that its use soon became widespread in Britain and therefore Scottish ancestry should not be assumed on evidence of name alone. Like Steward or Constable, the post became a position of great dignity and eventually gave rise to the title Earl Marischal. This elevated position did not spawn the proliferation of the name, for most were of more humble degree who took the name of their trade when surnames became the vogue. “I saw this black guy with a beautiful spirit walking with a bop,” Joanie Mitchell told writer Angela LaGreca. “As he went by me, he turned around and said, ‘Ummm mmm, looking good sister, lookin’ good!’ Well I just felt so good after he said that. It was as if this spirit went into me. So I started walking like him. I bought a black wig, I bought sideburns, a moustache. I bought some pancake make-up. I was like, ‘I’m goin’ as him!’” (Hall, 2008).</p>