Julian Williams 

In my series, I explore African American stereotypes in modern America. As a young Black man, I experience racial stereotypes and profiling. I use my artwork to make my pain and anger more visible to viewers. Creating stereotypical portraits of Blacks with a purposeful unpleasant view. Demonstrating most of America's standpoint on the Black is irritating to view. I want to feature a deeper message than what actually appears in front of the canvas, but the message behind it. As I demonstrate just what ("THEY") think of us.  

In my works, I like to create texture that allows depth and meaning to speak to the viewers. As everything in my art holds and says a message. As you can see in my pieces the texture that I use like the ski mask as the texture itself comes with the “FIRST” intentions of up to no good. Most of my pieces have meaning in themselves while making the actual structure of it. For example the barbed wire in two of my pieces I made with my bare hands. Has a symbol and history behind it adding a deeper interaction with the material as the student/victim. Focusing on textures that bring out additional detail in what is actually on the canvas. In almost all of my works, fashion designer Virgil Abloh's “font” is inspired and used in my text. I blend in Jean-Michel Basquiat's unique mark-making to give it that messy but straight-to-the-point with a clear message with different art movements.