King’s Peace Cloth

In Honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.

King’s Peace Cloth by Alonzo Davis, Acrylic on Woven Canvas ,56”h x 56”w

“Almost always, the creative dedicated minority has made the world better”

- Martin Luther King Jr.

“King’s Peace Cloth” was created in 1985, 22 years after the March on Washington where I stood among the thousands of people who walked, flew, or drove to Washington DC to hear Martin Luther King Jr. and 17 years after his death. After much reflection on his impact nationally and internationally I was inspired to make art in his honor. As a woven canvas painted in acrylic, King’s Peace Cloth is in the tradition of my Blanket Series (1980 - 1990) a body of work inspired by indigenous textiles, quilts and hides. Symbolically I see King’s Peace Cloth as both shroud and blanket as spirit catcher.

- Alonzo Davis