Liberty Birds Of Paradise

Beautiful bird of paradise flowers along pathway through 52 Boats Memorial. USS Runner (SS-275) remembered over half a century later. Submariners who lost their lives in World War II in incidents that did not involve the loss of a boat. A new plaque respectfully recounts those Boats and Men Lost at Times Other Than WWII. Birds of Paradise is a brand new slot machine that, as you have probably already guessed, is made for bird lovers. Coming complete with avian graphics that seem to really fly off of the 5 reels and 25 paylines, this game certainly has slots fans talking. The bird of paradise is known as the ultimate symbol of paradise and freedom. This January, nearly 350 birds created by schoolchildren from seven schools will be displayed at Arts District Liberty Station as part of a unique cross-border art exchange.

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“Struggle.” by Cornelio Campos

In this painting, titled “Struggle,” Mr. Campos focuses on the things that are so common and obvious that we don’t always see them. On the right side he depicts a group of students on top of a column; Mr. Campos says that he modeled the column on the one that appears on social security cards. The combination of students and column points to undocumented immigrants’ struggle to go to college without a social security number. Beneath and across from the students are images of immigrant laborers—farmworkers and construction workers—who contribute to this country through their work. Growing up in Mexico, Mr. Campos often heard stories from immigrants now living in the United States about the good times they were having and the many opportunities they encountered; these stories, however, never spoke of the hardships they faced.

The central image in this painting features a crying Statue of Liberty. With rays extending well beyond the central medallion, however, Mr. Campos seems to depict the Virgin of Guadalupe through the Statue of Liberty. Moreover, in the bottom center of the piece stands a winged-man struggling to support the U.S. flag and the Statue of Liberty with his outstretched arms. Through this figure, Mr. Campos invokes the presence of an angel that is often found in depictions of the Virgin of Guadalupe. Mr. Campos asserts that no one really pays attention to the angel who is holding up the Virgin in other paintings. In like manner, he argues, no one really notices the farm laborers and construction workers who are supporting the U.S. economy.

A painting of monarch butterflies flying towards the Statue of Liberty.

Liberty Birds Of Paradise

This painting depicts monarch butterflies flying towards the Statue of Liberty. Monarchs hold a special importance to Mr. Campos, because their annual migration takes them from the United States to Mexico (and specifically to Michoacán, his home state), and then back to the U.S. This migration, of course, calls to mind Mr. Campos’s own immigration journey. It also brings him back to his childhood, when he remembers seeing so many butterflies on trees that entire branches would fall off under their weight. The bird of paradise flower is also important, in that it symbolizes Mexico, and more specifically evokes the ties that Mr. Campos feels to his homeland. Additionally, with the bird of paradise flower and the Statue of Liberty, Mr. Campos seems to represent a transition from beauty and paradise to a land of industry and promises of work.

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“Realidad Nortena” by Cornelio Campos .

This was the first painting Mr. Campos completed after almost ten years away from art. During his period, he worked as a farm laborer, and did not have any free time to create art. Mr. Campos says that he expressed all the emotions that had been bottled up during those years in this painting; consequently, he recalls, this painting was very healing for him. The most apparent feature of this painting is the split-image dividing Mexico from the U.S. The central medallion portrays a split figure with a brown-skinned Virgin of Guadalupe on the left and a light-skinned Statue of Liberty on the right. Likewise, toward the bottom of the central medallion a bird of paradise flower is split and contrasted with a dogwood flower. Finally, the stark Mexican desert with a traveling immigrant on the left contrasts with a seemingly lush field of crops and workers on the right. These differences are all bridged by the wings of a monarch butterfly.

This painting, now displayed in the Campus Y at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been a particular source of controversy for Mr. Campos. When it first went on the walls at the Campus Y, a local newspaper ran an article about the exhibit, and mentioned the painting. Later, ALIPAC, a conservative anti-immigration PAC, published a response that criticized Mr. Campos and his work, highlighting the fact that this featured artist had crossed into this country illegally. According to Mr. Campos, the PAC tried to portray him as a poor immigrant who was attempting to garner sympathy. This attack initially saddened Mr. Campos, but after a few days he realized that his contribution as a lone individual had prompted a conversation in a national organization. This experience taught Mr. Campos the power of art, and helped him to realize the capacity he had to affect others’ lives.

Emerging from the tear gas and smoke of the recent protests with the sun behind her, “Liberty Leads Her People” is meant to be an uplifting tribute to the strength of the modern day Black Femme led protests throughout the country. She is flanked by an owl, looking back towards the past and symbolizing the spirits of the ancestors, the mothers and grandmothers whose wisdom and sacrifice brought us to this point in history. On her other side, facing the forwards towards the future, is a sparrow, representing youth and spring. She is both a nod to the hymnal “His Eye is on the Sparrow”, which speaks to freedom, and a symbol of the youth who are the inheritors of the future. The lines behind the work show that all three generations, past, present, and future, are all connected throughout time. Completing the circle of time, are floral elements which are a reference to Alice Walker’s Piece “In Search Of Our Mother’s Garden”, which talks about the muted creative potential of Black generations past. The flowers have been chosen for their symbolic meaning. Purple and White Iris’ for wisdom, the green rose, which was used as a symbol of the underground railroad, and the bird of paradise, selected because it originates in South Africa, and was brought to America through colonization.

The painting is loosely based on the Eugene Delacroix painting “Liberty Leads The People”, which was painted during the French revolution, and spoke to the people toppling a cruel and out of touch leadership, and shows a woman leading the charge. Auz and Nico have taken this image and modernized it to the more inclusive figure leading the charge over Richmond, megaphone in hand, and demanding equity, and a brighter future for the next generation.

During the process of designing and painting, Auz and Nico went out and had active conversations within the community in regards to the current uprising. They spoke with prominent community activist Chelsea Higgs Wise about the aims of the protests and the role of womxn leading the way. The artists also led conversations at Girls For A Change’s Camp Diva Garden party with Black girls, about what change they wanted to see for Black girls in their community. They also included a series of readings, which can be found on Nico’s IGTV, that were written by Black Womxn revolutionaries such as : Alice Walker, Audre Lorde, Angela Davis, Maya Angelou, and (with special guest Nadd Harvin) Assata Shakur. During the process of painting, the artists also yielded their space to Reformation Richmond, which held a teach-in which talked about problems with systemic racism, the death and birthday of Fred Hampton, and Virginia legislation in regards to the Marcus David Peters alert, as well as ending qualified immunity. Both measures are currently struggling at the state level.