Asher Mains

"Dreaducation" - Acrylic on Canvas 40"x30"

This is the first installment of my new direction in using elements of street art in my paintings. The images on the canvas were created by cutting stencils and then using spray paint. This is a similar method used in creating graffiti, especially when an image needs to be applied quickly. 

I mentioned the idea of dreaducation in my blog. The summary is this: education, especially in former colonies, was never designed to truly educate the population. Public education is a system of socialization into the dominant culture's approved behavior. Dreaducation is the education that the powers that be do not want you to have. Dreaducation is empowering. Dreaducation is learned many times in the Caribbean by listening to Reggae as well as Calypso. Dreaducation is what tells us that maybe Christopher Columbus was not a hero and maybe Africa is not so dark after all. Dreaducation tells us that it is ok to learn about our past especially because we have been misinformed for so long. Dreaducation is a renewal of the mind and a reconfiguration of mental imagery. Dreaducate yourself.

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