Toxteth TV Hosts Art Exhibition
Toxteth TV hosted an exhibition of art work by American artist Eric Humphries in the studio
The exhibit is an artistic interpretation of the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot and consists of specially printed copies sent by the artist from America of eight canvases depicting the terror and atrocities of the riots in a flat, comic strip style. This year is the 90th anniversary of the Tulsa Race Riots, arguably the most horrific event in the United State’s history. During 16 hours of fighting over 800 people were injured, 300 were killed and 10,000 were left homeless. More than 1,000 homes were destroyed by fire and millions of pounds of damage occurred, Greenwood, the black side of Tulsa was completely and utterly destroyed. The exhibit is entitled “Is the World on Fire?”
Joe Farrag, community development worker for SHAP has brought the exhibition to the area. After being made an honorary citizen of New Orleans in 1993 he has felt an affinity with the United States and first heard of the events around the riots at a book reading in Louisiana.
At a time when people are remembering the 30th anniversary of the Toxteth riots, this exhibition, at Toxteth TV (37-45 Windsor Street) allowed people to relate to and learn from these events which are little spoken about.
