Grimké Sisters

Shin-hee Chin 

64.5 x 56.5 inches

2019

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work portrays the courage and humanity of the Grimké sisters, who are considered “the first American female advocates of abolition and women’s rights.” Though born into a slave-holding family in South Carolina, the two sisters, Sarah M. Grimké (1792-1873) and Angelina E. Grimké (1805-1879), dedicated their entire lives through lectures and education to address the injustice of enslavement and women’s subjugation. They are credited as seeing the women’s rights issue as a human rights issue. My work, Grimké Sisters, attempts to highlight women’s independence and creativity that refuse to be restricted by old customs, prejudice, and discrimination.

Photo by Jim Turner