Giza, Emma & Larry

This work shows Giza Daniels-Endesha, a former student of the artist, who died of AIDS. As he falls through the air, a collaged strip of kente cloth separates him from a photograph of the artist and her brother, Larry.

Emma Amos was born in Atlanta and studied at Antioch College in Ohio, in London, and in New York City. Her paintings, prints, and textiles explore political and social issues focusing on Black subjects—this print references both the passage of time and the continuity of tradition, as well as adversities related to race, gender, and sexual orientation.