THE STORY
There is beauty in the composition. There is cruelty in the subject.
A woman stands bound, her wrists restrained by rope. Behind her, the American flag. The British flag drapes around her, but offers no protection.
The drawing is carefully composed, almost classical in its treatment of the human figure. Yet the elegance of the image cannot disguise the violence it represents.
Rope Burns confronts the contradiction between two nations' celebration of freedom and the suffering of those who were denied it.
The rope binds one generation. Its legacy scars the next.