{"product_id":"artz-hippo-title-american-girl","title":"Artz, Hippo title: \"American\" Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHippo Artz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eAmerican Girl\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e30 x 24 x 1.5\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eAcrylic Paint on Stretched Canvas\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e$2200\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e''American'’ Girl examines identity packaged and sold as aspiration. The figure forces a smile while restrained by symbols of modern capitalism—debt, labor, social media, and consumption. Freedom remains sold separately, perpetually advertised yet always out of reach.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: rgb(255, 128, 0);\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArtist's Statement:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy work explores internal landscapes shaped by pressure, expectation, and endurance. I am interested in accumulation rather than spectacle—subtle shifts compound until what appears stable begins to strain. Each piece maps a psychological terrain that is felt before it is explained.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI center Black women within emotional and psychological spaces that move between surreal imagery and intimate moments. My figures resist resolution. They remain present, contradictory, and aware, holding tension between vulnerability and control.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eColor and form function psychologically rather than descriptively. Distortion, repetition, and fragmentation allow what is carried silently to surface. I interrogate expectation as structure, strength as obligation, and composure as performance. Through saturated color and fractured form, I make visible burden, surveillance, endurance, and the slow erosion that follows.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRather than depicting collapse, my paintings hold the moment before it—the tightening, the strain, the quiet negotiation between holding and breaking.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"America at 250: A Celebration Through Art","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52067831415086,"sku":null,"price":2200.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0780\/8101\/files\/Artz_Hippo__quot_American_quot_Girl_Acrylic_2200.jpg?v=1779131563","url":"https:\/\/www.crossroadsartcenter.com\/products\/artz-hippo-title-american-girl","provider":"Crossroads Art Center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}