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Your space should reflect who you are and what you care about. Adding bold artwork to your walls is an easy way to inject some personality into your space.
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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.
