Artist of the Week - Renée Cox

Renée Cox

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Renee Cox is a highly political and controversial Jamaican / American artist. She often uses her own body, both clothed and nude, to illustrate her perceptions of black womanhood within a racist and sexist society.

They Say a Madman Wrote This Series

Queen Nanny of the Maroons Series


River QueenNanny Warrior

Mother to us All

Lolyvia 2004

The Raje Series (depicts Cox as a black woman superhero)

The Liberation of Aunt Jemima at Uncle Ben's

Chillin with Miss Liberty

Raje and the Sphinx

Lost in Space 1998

The Distinct Charm of the Bougies Series

Miss Thang
2008


Housewife

Yo Mama's Last Supper
See detail slides here(it's worth checking out the entire gallery)

Renee Cox standing in front of Yo Mama's Last Supper Brooklyn Museum of ArtRudy Giuliani has a hissy-fit over Renee Cox's Yo Mama's Last Supper and other "anti-Catholic" works of art. Renee Cox's response: "

"Get over it!" Cox said. "Why can't a woman be Christ? We are the givers of life!"

American Family Series

Yo Mama Series

Yo Mama &
Your Mama (the sequel)
1993 and 1996




Flippin' the Script Series

Atlas (World Up)

Other Articles on Renee Cox

Salon article Using Her Body here

Catholic League President Calls Controversial Christ Photo 'Morally Objectionable'

Renee Cox is Back and Boomin'