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Make a statement in any room with this framed poster, printed on thick matte paper. The wood frames from renewable forests add an extra touch of class.
• Ayous wood .75″ (1.9 cm) thick frame from renewable forests
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil (0.26 mm)
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Lightweight
• Acrylite front protector
• Hanging hardware included
• Blank product components in the US sourced from Japan and the US
• Blank product components in the EU sourced from Japan and Latvia
How to attach hooks on 24″ × 36″ horizontal frames:
Place each of the mounting hooks 1 inch (2.5 cm) from frame corners when hanging horizontally.
Framed poster -Malady
mal·ady [ˈmalədi]
malady (noun) maladies (plural noun)
Noun
- disease or ailment
- a serious problem
This artwork explores the history of skin‑brightening creams within the Black community through the intertwined forces of post‑colonial psychology, systemic colorism, and relentless corporate persuasion. Although global beauty narratives have shifted toward celebrating darker skin tones, the unlearning of colorism remains a layered and ongoing process. The malady endures, surfacing in both subtle and overt forms.
In this piece, the image of a white couple—depicted with faces resembling bacteria and imposed onto a Black woman’s face—represents the lingering psychological imprint of colonialism and the internalized hierarchies it produced. Their presence acts as a visual contaminant, a metaphor for how Eurocentric beauty ideals infiltrate and distort self‑perception within communities of color.
The accompanying phrase, “Just Say No,” functions as a direct refusal—a call for those with darker skin tones to reject Eurocentric beauty standards and reclaim the authority to define their own image.
Artwork Title: Malady
Medium: Digital Collage
© Tamiko Greene. Artworks cannot be reproduced and distributed without permission.
