Bitter Fruit

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Bitter Fruit is a mixed media visualization of the haunting poem written by Abel Meeropol (later performed by Billie Holiday), with particular emphasis on the least regarded lynched population, the black woman.

The scene is lined with the names of lynched black women obtained from the dissertation Stranger Fruit: The Lynching of Black Women by Maria Delongoria, 2006.

Materials: Felt, paper, glue, wood, cloth, cardboard, metal wire

Southern Trees Bear Strange Fruit...
Southern Trees Bear Strange Fruit...

Part of the Lore Degenstein Gallery's permanent collection 
...Blood on the Leaves // Blood at the Roots...
...Blood on the Leaves // Blood at the Roots...
...Pastoral Scene of the Gallant South...
...Pastoral Scene of the Gallant South...
...Here is a Fruit for the Tree to Drop...
...Here is a Fruit for the Tree to Drop...
...Here is a Fruit for the Crows to Pluck...
...Here is a Fruit for the Crows to Pluck...
...Here is a strange and bitter crop
...Here is a strange and bitter crop
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