Koupe Tet Boule Kay (2020)
Haiti is the world’s first Black led republic and, in 1791, created the largest slave rebellion in order to seek independence from its French colonizers. Haiti’s revolution is one of the ultimate symbols of Black power and the revolutionary phrase “Koupe Tet Boule Kay” (“Cut Heads, Burn Houses”) stated by Jean-Jaques Dessalines can pertain heavily to the current Black Lives Matter movement in the United States. To liberate you must aim for the head to tear unjust institutions down. In a Capitalist society, that head is money.
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Acquired by Frances Mulhall Achilles Special Collections Library at The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
