The Smile

The Smile

Anchorage Museum of Art ~ 2016

Immortalized in Paul Laurence Dunbar’s 1895 poem, “We wear the mask” that subsequently inspired Maya Angelou’s The Mask, The Smile speaks across millenniums to millions who have born the weight of inhumanity. And like those smiles hides its deep hurt.

The Smile Gallery

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