ART IS ACTIVISM
Instinctively resonating from within, the visual voice of Anton's art exhibits a primitive but modern vibration. The artist expains at his core, there's a relentless drive to act out against inequality and injustice through his art, documenting historical events and striving through adversities no matter how challenging.
REDLINING...HARLEM IS CHANGING
In 2010, all of a sudden I began to see parts of Harlem starting to be fixed up and revitalized. At that present time, I wasn't sure of what was really going on, but instinctively I knew and felt a Change Was Coming.
This work of art speaks to the ongoing and continues up rooting, disruption and displacement of colored people in urban areas changed by wealthier people who decide they want to move in and take over. This process is known as Gentrification. Over the last century, many policies and practices have created racialze patterns of disinvestment in city centers, that have left low income communities of color particularly susceptible to Gentrification. From the 1930's to the late 60's, standards set by the federal government and carried out by banks explicitly labeled neighborhoods home to predominant people of color as risky and unfit for investment. This practice now none as RedLining, meant that people of color was denied access to loans that would enable them to buy and or repair homes in their neighborhood. Because of these racially driven and unjust practices put in place by the federal government, people of color living in urban areas throughout America continue to be uprooted, disrupted and displaced by Gentrification.
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36 x 48 / 2019
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ACTIVIST
A person who campaigns to bring about Political or Social Change.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
(WORDS BELOW ARE EMBODIED IN THIS PAINTING)
ADVOCATE. CHANGE. JOIN. MOTIVATE. ENGAGE. DEBATE. MARCH. CATALYZE. CREATE. THINK ABOUT YOUR ACTIONS. FUNDRAISER. FIGHT. AFFIRM. AGITATE. SHOP. STAY WOKE. REACH OUT. VOTE. DEMAND CHANGE. DISRUPT. TEXT. SIGN UP. BE LOUD. WAKE UP. POST. SHOW UP. MOVE. PETITION. CHEER. RUN. DONATE. REMEMBER. OPPOSE. RALLY. ORGANIZE. RECYCLE. GIVE BACK. SPEAK UP. RESEARCH. WRITE. SPREAD THE WORD. STAND UP. ENVISION. VOLUNTEER. DECLARE. HOST. EMPHASIZE. ACT. EDUCATE. GIVE. SHOUT. ACCEPT. LEARN. EFFECT. SUPPORT, TEACH. EMPOWER. CARE. INSPIRE. ASSIST. LISTEN. MENTOR. MOBILIZE. OBJECT. COMMENT. CALL. USE YOUR VOICE. PROTEST. READ. PURSUE. OFFER. REGISTER. ASK. RESIST. SHARE. SIGN. SPEAK OUT. CHAMPION. DEMONSTRATE. TWEET. GATHER. MAKE YOUR CHOICE.
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26 x 32 / 2024
INSPIRED BY NIKOLE HANNAH - JONES:
CREATOR OF THE 1619 PROJECT
PROTESTERS LEFT: ATLANTA 1973
PROTESTERS RIGHT: WASHINGTON 2015
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30 x 40 / 2020 - 2025
EMBODIED IN THIS PAINTING
AMERICA / RAW
CHAINED / LYNCHED / 1619
NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES / ANGELA DAVIS
AFRO / SPEAKING THE TRUTH
ROOTS OF LIBERATION / WHAT IS OWED
NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE
AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
COMING FROM NYC
BLACK POLITICS / URBAN DESIGN
SLAVE PLAY / AFRICA
DNA / THE 21ST CENTURY
ART & LEISURE / POWER UP
ANTON / 2025
WE JUMPED OVERBOARD
(BLACK TARGET SERIES)
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22 x 28 / 2022
BLACK MEN ARE TARGET PRACTICE
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
MAYA ANGELOU
ALI
DEFENDERS OF DEMOCRACY
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22 x 28 / 2022
A View Of A Fascinating Powerful Knockout
MOHAMMAD ALI
JOHN LENNON
BARACK OBAMA
LEARNING THE LANGUAGE OF YOUR
ANCESTORS
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22 x 28 / 2022
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22 x 28 / 2022
LIBERTY SERIES
WHAT GOD WANTS...LOVE...DON'T FEAR
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31 1/2 x 38 / 2017 - 2021
CAPTIAN AMERICA
Captain America...Where Are you?
We're under Attack!!!
Lets Be Clear!
We've been born with Targets on our Backs.
Skin Color...Black!!!
Facts...
No matter where We turn...Gun Pointed
If not Shot and or Killed...In a Cage...Trapped!!!
Captain America...Where Are You?
Does anyone have a...like the game Clue?
I thought you appeared out of nowhere,
Defending the Weak and the Few,
especially those
Beat Up! Bruised Up! and Abused Up!
By the Boys In Blue.
Captain America...Where Are You?
WANTED SERIES
WHY DOES AMERICA KEEP KILLING BLACK MEN AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT?
RED, WHITE & BLUE NECK TIE REPRESENTS
YESTERDAYS TREE SWINGING ROPES.
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32 x 36 / 2018
BLACK AMERICAN ATHLETE
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31 x 46 / 2013
MODERN DAY AUTION BLOCK - NBA AND NFL DRAFT
FEATURING: NINA SIMONE JAMES BALDWIN MALCOLM X
FREEDOM FIGHTERS / MODERN THINKERS
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36 x 48 / 2018
FEATURING: NINA SIMONE JAMES BALDWIN MALCOLM X
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32 1/2 x 40 1/2 / 2018
CREATE INSTEAD OF HATE
POLICE PISTOL PENIS
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36 x 48 / 2020
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PAINT THE REVOLUTION
TOTAL SURVEILLANCE IS WHAT AMERICA SIGNED UP FOR
FEATURING: MICHELLE OBAMA, ANGELA DAVIS, FRIDA KAHLO
MEXICAN MODERISM 1910 - 1950
ADINKRA SYMBOL
BLACK INTEGRITY UNAUTHORIZED IN AMERICA!
LIBERTY SERIES
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36 x 48 / 2020
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12 MILLIONS PHONES, ARE YOU BEING TRACKED
BLACK SLAVE: BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, ACTOR, RAPPER
CAPTIVE AUDIENCE...WAS BROADWAY READY FOR SLAVE PLAY
BLACK INTEGRITY UNAUTHORIZED IN AMERICA, PAINFUL PAST
EARTH RIOT, ZERO PRIVACY
FEATURING: ARETHA FRANKLIN
AMERICA'S DNA
LIBRTY SERIES
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36 x 48 / 2020
POWER UP, ROAD BLOCK REBELS, TRUTH TO BE MONUMENTAL
FEATURING: HARRIET TUBMAN, BLACK STRIKE, CLASSIFIED
WHITE HATRED PERMEATES AMERICA, WHITE TERROR, AMERICA'S DNA
RACIAL KILLINGS, LESSONS...TO BE LEARNED, WHITE SUPREMIST, MURDERS
BLACKS LOSING LIVES WHILE WHITE COPS AT BEST MIGHT LOSE JOBS
MASS SHOOTINGS, SIX BLACKS SHOT TO DEATH, HATRED
VIOLENCE AND SAVAGERY IN THE UNITED STATES
DEMOCRACY STRIKES, POWER TO THE PEOPLE
BIGOTRY
AT THE HEART OF AMERICA...IT'S A MAJOR THREAT
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36 x 48 / 2015
BIGOTRY...AT THE HEART OF AMERICA...IT'S A MAJOR THREAT!
ABANDON SHIP, JUST CAN'T BE BOUGHT, BLACK LIVES MATTER
FEATURING: MARCUS GARVEY, KWAME TURE (STOCKELY CHAMICHAEL)
FEATURING: BOBBY SEAL (BLACK PANTHERS), CHUCK BERRY
FEATURING: SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, GRACE JONES
DANGER: THE TRUTH IS HIDDEN, VICTORY HUSTLE
JESUS HOPPED THE A TRAIN
A TRIBUTE TO OUR SLAIN WARRIORS
LIBERTY SERIES
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36 x 48 / 2020
A TRIBUTE TO OUR SLAIN WARRIORS
I CAN'T BREATH: GEORGE FLOYD, ERIC GARNER, TRAYVON MARTIN, SANDRA BLAND
MICHAEL BROWN, RAYSHARD BROOKS, TAMIR RICE, ALTON STERLING, FREDDIE GRAY
PHILANDO CASTILE, BOTHMAN JEAN, BREONNA TAYLOR JUNE 5, 1993 - MARCH 13, 2020
AHMAUD ARBERY, SEAN REED, AMADOU DIALLO, TONY MCDADE, ANTHONY HILL
BLACK LIVES MATTER
DEFUND, RACIST SYSTEM, NIGHTMARE, ENDANGERED SPECIES,
THE POLICE ACCOUNTABLE TO BLACK AMERICANS!
BLACK MAN YOUR A BEAST, HOOD CRY OUT, I WANT YOU
GHETTO, FREE, BLACK KIDS, I WANT YOU, MILITARY POLICE
STAND UP FOR JUSTICE, THE FIGHT TO NULLIFY
WITHOUT UNITY THERE IS NO PEACE, HATE
NYC KILLED AMAZON
WANTED SERIES
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33 x 40 3/4 / 2020
EVERY NIGHT WE WILL CRIMINALIZE THEM ON THE EVENING NEWS
FEATURING: ANGELA DAVIS, STOCKLEY CARMICHAEL, COLIN KAEPERNICK
WANTED, DOA...DEAD OR ALIVE, OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE, LIBERTY
JIM CROW!, GET HOME SAFE, BAMBOOZLED, MIGRATION, LIBERTY
IT'S THE LACK OF FAITH THAT MAKES PEOPLE AFRAID OF MEETING CHALLENGES
WE SCREAM!!! JUSTICE...RICHARD PRYOR SAID, IN JAIL, IS JUST US
I WILL NOT STAY SILENT SO YOU CAN STAY COMFORTABLE
