Tabb writes of this work in the "Humanity Is Not A Spectator Sport" exhibition catalogue (available for purchase):

"The Declaration of Independence was a founding document of a new country, and a new future, where “all men are created equal.” And yet despite the intention to inspire, there is also racist, offensive language as well as intentions to withhold rights from certain citizens within.

Despite the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery in 1864, a caveat was made for those serving prison sentences. This in addition to systems of inequality such as sharecropping, Jim Crow Laws, red-lining as well as a for-profit a prison system (just to name a few) have worked to both marginalize and oppress Blacks and others while Whites and corporations literally profited from their misfortune.

According to the World Prison Brief, the United States incarceration rate is the highest in the world at 639 inmates per
100,000 people as of 2018, or 13% higher than the rate of the next-closest country, El Salvador (564 inmates per 100,000
people). Prison labor is slavery and disenfranchisement by another name. There is no desire to reform the system as it
has allowed a form of slavery to endure for over a century. It is a cycle that needs to be broken, with extensive reform to our justice system. “America’s prisons and jails have produced a new social group, a group of social outcasts who are joined by the shared experience of incarceration, crime, poverty, racial minority, and low education. ...This inequality produces extraordinary rates of incarceration among young African American men with no more than a high school education.”

Let us never forget. We are still chained to slavery."

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Caron Tabb’s newest show, Humanity Is Not A Spectator Sport explores many subjects, from her white privilege to how all viewers can engage in social justice through art. Using not only her own works, body, mind and experience, but also gallery walls, Tabb’s feminist contemporary art as a jewish female artist leads to unique creations. Weaving in her South African origins, her Israeli upbringing and her last two decades in the United States, Tabb’s unique yet international style in art sets her apart. Now working from Boston, her conceptual wall art and sculptures continue to grow and evolve.

For more images of each piece, please inquire above or contact Beacon Gallery. Virtual or in-person visits to see the work are also available.