Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet Slave

By Laban Carrick Hill, Bryan Collier (Illustrator)

Collier's arrestingly beautiful artistic interpretation of Hill's poetic text reveals Dave the potter's artistic process while also conveying the dignified triumph of his humanity in the face of oppression. Lush, earth-toned, multimedia collages are illuminated in soft, ethereal light that focuses the eye on the subject of each spread.


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