Sojourner Truth

Sojourner Truth

<SPAN lang=EN>Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883) was an enslaved woman in New York state who, until the age of nine, was owned by a Dutch speaking slave owner. Her story shows the importance of black female resistance and agency. Truth became an outspoken abolitionist who was active in the struggle for women’s rights. She can be considered to be the intellectual predecessor of current black feminist anti-racist fighters, like Professors Gloria Wekker and Philomena Essed.</SPAN>

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Sojourner Truth (c. 1797-1883) was an enslaved woman in New York state who, until the age of nine, was owned by a Dutch speaking slave owner. Her story shows the importance of black female resistance and agency. Truth became an outspoken abolitionist who was active in the struggle for women’s rights. She can be considered to be the intellectual predecessor of current black feminist anti-racist fighters, like Professors Gloria Wekker and Philomena Essed.

Now in the museum in Collectie Centraal II

Title

Sojourner Truth

Artist

Iris Kensmil (Amsterdam 1970)

Dating

2018

Material and technique

olieverf op doek

Object number

34988

Object type

schilderij

Acquisition

aankoop met steun van het Mondriaan Fonds 2019

Dimensions

hoogte 75 cm

breedte 60 cm

Documentation

  • Het Museum of Equality and Difference, Rosemarie Buikema, (Article : kunsthistorisch tijdschrift, 11, 22, april 2019), pp. 34-39, p. 37, met afb. in kleur

  • Na de komma ((Ons koloniale verleden in vijftig voorwerpen (IX Het onvoltooid koloniaal verleden)), Wayne Modest, (De Volkskrant, juni 2023), V10 - V11, 2018, p, V10

  • What is Left Unseen, Rosemarie Buikema, (Historica : tijdschrift voor gendergeschiedenis, 46, 2 2023), 39 - 43, p. 41, afb. in kleur

Exhibitions

  • Collectie Centraal II, 2024

  • Collectie Centraal, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, 2023

  • Amsterdam, Stad van Vrijdenkers, Amsterdam Museum, Amsterdam, 2021 - 2022

Persistent url

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https://hdl.handle.net/21.12130/collect.BA589363-7B91-4F2E-AF76-6F5806D3AE57

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