lester julian merriweather

(b. 1978) lives and works in Memphis, TN

 

The main interest within my art practice is restructuring the socio-economic standing and acknowledgement of people of color.  Recent works re-contextualize printed ad material from fashion and lifestyle magazines and examines the ideas and systems that perpetuate social privilege, questioning advertisements which promote notions of racial prominence and/or inferiority.

 

 

 

recent links:

 

 

http://www.memphisflyer.com/ExhibitM/archives/2014/01/01/qanda-with-lester-merriweather

 

 

http://www.gomemphis.com/news/2013/nov/06/ocean-of-bling/

 

 

http://thegrio.com/2014/01/03/40-amazing-black-artists-to-watch-in-2014/#s:lester-merriweather_headshot