Under The Skin-Holly Wilson-detail

Detail
Crayola Crayon
8’ x 6’ x 1.5”, 2015

by Holly Wilson

Available at:

Secrets and the Untold Stories, Solo Exhibition
Opening Reception: Thursday, October 1, 2015, 5:00 – 8:00pm

M.A. Doran Gallery
3509 S. Peoria Avenue
Tulsa, OK 74105
918.748.8700
http://www.madorangallery.com

While getting my children ready for school last fall we were pulling together pencils, folders, colored pencils and crayons. They had to have 4 sets of 24 crayons each and we had leftovers from sets of the past years, some colors had never been used, and we were combining them together so we’d know how many new boxes would be required. The kids were talking about their friends at the new school and friends of their past school. In the conversation they were describing the children “the girl with the yellow hair, the boy with the brown skin”, in a very causal descriptive manner with no malice to the differences. This made me think more on how we see people and how one is judged. The smell of the crayons, the vivid colors, and the thoughts of my youth brought me to this crayon project. How we change in our viewpoints of people, and how we judge people based on race and color. We are all one below that surface, that surface of skin, no matter the color, the shape, or the origin.