Humanity is Not a Spectator Sport
A Mixed Media Show by Artist Caron Tabb
What happens when we opt in? Humanity Is Not a Spectator Sport is a gallery show that pushes us all to understand our place in repairing in the world.
Human Fabric / רקמה אנושית
Over 1,400 pieces of small fabric sourced from family, friends, and colleagues worldwide during the Covid pandemic 2019-2020. Some of the fabrics date back over 100 years to relatives in Eastern Europe.
The Sacrifice Of Our Issacs
A collection of Covid era newspaper headlines shines a spotlight on the human sacrifice and the incredible social inequality the pandemic so significantly exposed.
Materials Canvas, acrylic, thread, newspaper, charcoal, brown paper bags
Photo Credit: Julia Featheringhill
Artist Statement from Caron Tabb
The election of Donald Trump; the racial murders of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and Ahmed Arbery; and the endemic issues surfaced by the COVID-19 outbreak caused a profound reckoning for many, including myself and have deeply impacted my artwork. Over the last four years I found myself spending significant time engaging in difficult conversations where I questioned my role, responsibilities, and culpability as a white, Jewish woman. The question that occupied me most was how I use my privilege to bend the arc of justice. What is required of me at this point in time? The show, “Humanity Is Not a Spectator Sport,” attempts to offer a deeply personal, visual response to this reckoning, in a way that intends to offer both a personal portrait and a call to action to the community. The conceptual mixed media work in this show draws heavily from core Jewish tenets and my deep Jewish identity and interchanges between the personal and the universal. This show is my response to the concept that one must use privilege
to effect change. The show addresses systemic racism, inequality, and our shared humanity. It is a call to opt in. I hope exhibition viewers will be challenged by what they see and will be inspired to engage in difficult conversations as a result of engaging with these works. It is only through stepping back and considering our role and participation (or lack thereof) in society that we can ultimately choose to be active upstanders.
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About The Artist
Caron Tabb
Caron Tabb was born in apartheid South Africa, raised on a farm in Israel from the age of eight, and has lived in the US for the last twenty years. These key biographical elements and her passion for social justice issues deeply impact her artistic practice. In addition to traditional painting and photography, Caron incorporates many found objects and unconventional materials into her work. Her conceptual mixed-media and instillation art address issues of social inequality, racial justice, and feminism as seen through the lens of her deep Jewish identity.
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