In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re spotlighting our creative director, Jack Sisterhenm, for his new piece entitled “The state and its affairs.” His work depicts a collage of headline court cases dating back 200 years in American history. Rather than attaching the cases to one certain person or group of people, his work instead showcases a “quality” of court documents and cases against disenfranchised groups in society. Headlines span from being about women’s suffrage, to Native American marginalization, to the 1992 LA riots. In the middle of the collage stands a famous quote: “Men of Quality Do Not Fear Equality.”
Jack was inspired to do more research of civic inequity after reading Richard Rothstein’s The Color of Law paired with the ongoing trial of George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis. Civil liberties, Jack said, are “not political, just humane.” He found it “bizarre” that the modern day plights revolve around “basic human things.” His artwork, while not exclusive to women’s social issues, sheds light on America’s skewed political narrative and the progress still needed to achieve complete systemic equality.