Shelby Head
Providence, RI
My art practice challenges social and linguistic constructs in the United States through precisely crafted artworks organized into collections.
MessageThis artwork critiques federally sanctioned racial segregation in twentieth-century U.S. housing. Patterned floral wallpaper, sliced into narrow vertical panels, recalls domestic walls yet doubles as a visual fence—dividing space, marking exclusion. The installation highlights how racially explicit laws and government practices constructed urban ghettos, fencing Black communities apart from white suburbs. The decorative surface masks systemic violence, showing how segregation erected both physical and invisible barriers under the guise of normalcy and order.
- Collections: An Infrastructure Of Silence, Beyond the Whitewash
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