Exposing History: Color, Taste and Textiles
Cotton, Rice, Sugar, Citrus Room, View #1
Left:
WHITE MAN IN THE DINING ROOM EATING CAKE AND CREAM
Cotton, gold metallic thread, sugar cubes, glass, wood, paint, table.
Title Credit: Chips From The Smokehouse Floor, African American Folk Song
Northeast Florida History: Sugar crane crusher worked by slaves to produce sugar for plantation owner.
Right:
WHERE ONCE THE RICE PARTED THE EARTH'S MOIST SKIN AND PUSHED UP REED BY REED
Cotton, gold metallic thread, rice, wood.
Title Credit: Indigo by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Northeast Florida History: Slaves planting and harvesting rice for plantation owner.