The Red Chair Project
Social equality doesn't exist.
There is no equality in this country
People are treated differently due to race, religion, gender, social status, or sexual orientation.
The person you are defines whether you have the same rights as Americans as someone else.
A person's thoughts and actions have no bearing how you are seen in this country.
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​My “Red Chair Project” is about casting away the unjust biases show people for who they really are.
People choose their clothing like a mask they wear to portray a role to the rest of the world.
Beneath this façade, no matter what our skin color or where we fall on the sexual spectrum, we are all very similar, with the same wants, needs, doubts, and desires.
The Red Chair Project consists of nude portraits where the common ground that binds the images together is just the chair. Inspired by such beautiful works by Cézanne and Picasso, the Red Chair is the formal, yet unassuming motif that makes no judgment about the subject who sits upon it.
The goal is 100 portraits and I am already more than halfway there. I am looking for women, men, and couples from all walks of life and ethnicity to help me complete this project.
Once I have reached my goal there will be a gallery installation of all 100 portraits designed as diverse neighborhoods.
By putting together this installation, the hope is that this mass of images, all together in one space, will make the viewer think about racial and social divisions and possibly help eliminate these boundaries and change the way people see race and status in this country and beyond.
I hope you will think about participating in my project either as a participant or in funding. If you do you will have the satisfaction of knowing that you are helping tear down the walls of stereotype and show that we are all the same, we are all members of one race, the human race.
No matter what your gender, race or sexual orientation, commoner or king, we are all equal in the Red Chair.