The Visage of Liberation
YESUNIVERSE presents Sons of Fanon. Inspired by Black Skin, White Masks this series of compelling portraits resonate deeply with Frantz Fanon's exploration of healing the colonized mind.
The Visage of Liberation portrays a figure whose face is obscured by a cracked mask, symbolizing the fracture of colonial hegemony, where the rigid structures of domination and subjugation begin to fail. In Fanon’s framework, this moment is when the mask of colonial identity—imposed and internalized—splinters, revealing the authentic self that has been suffocated beneath it. The face behind the mask, now liberated, is an embodiment of resistance, reclaiming agency and humanity from the dehumanizing gaze of the colonizer.
This moment of unveiling is not a passive act but a violent, cathartic rupture. The visage, once veiled by the falsity of imposed identity, becomes a potent symbol of the collective struggle for freedom, where liberation is not simply a political end but an existential emergence. Fanon’s conception of decolonization is thus not just a dismantling of external systems, but a reclamation of the psyche, the body, and the self. The visage, free at last, gazes upon a world reshaped by the revolutionary act of re-becoming.
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Limited Edition
Fine Art Print on 10 mil (0.25 mm) thick paper, 260 gsm
Dimensions As listed (larger sizes available upon request)
Year 2024
Edition of 50
Additional Details
- Fine Art Print on 10 mil (0.25 mm) thick paper, 260 gsm
- 75" (1.9 cm) thick frame
- Alder, semi-hardwood frame from renewable forests
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- Additional information: This product is made for adults. Meets the lead level requirements. 2 year warranty in EEA and UK
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