Beat Down By Time

Item

Title
Beat Down By Time
Artist
Yusef "Q" Quals-El
Artist Statement
Beat Down By Time
Format
20 x 16
Medium
Acrylic
Description
A painting of a red brick cell block with four Black men in prison uniforms standing on small barred platforms, and one tied to a whipping pole. There are two white men; a judge holding a whip, and a cop pointing a gun at the imprisoned men. In the bottom corner there are multiple clocks on the ground.
Prison
Macomb Correctional Facility
Location in the Gallery
Wall G
Log Number
426-22
Source
26th Annual Exhibition of Art by Michigan Prisoners
Date
2021