Solidaridad! by Chip Thomas
Medium: Screen Print, Hand-pulled, one color screen print on archival paper signed/numbered on reverse, edition of 50ted fabric
Size: 18″ x 24″
Artist website: https://justseeds.org/artist/chipthomas/
Artist statement:
Everybody wants the same things don’t they
Everybody wants a happy end
They just want to see the game on Saturday
They wanna be somebody’s friend
Everybody wants to work for a living
Everybody wants to keep their children warm
Everybody just wants to be forgiven
Everyone wants shelter from the storm
Look at me I ain’t your enemy
Why can’t we walk on common ground
We don’t need to be fighting each other
What we need, what we need is solidarity
Nobody likes to ask for money
Nobody likes to play the clown
Nobody likes waiting in the long lines
Nobody likes being pushed around
– “Solidarity” by Steven Van Zandt, sung by Black Uhuru
Image description: This black-and-white photo of the Mexican/US border, depicts the tall barriers of the border wall with one hand reaching out among the bars, grasping at another hand. There is a man with a straw hat, about to pass something through the bars. The word ¡solidaridad! are written in bold across the top.