Mask of Benevolence

This painting is about Mask of Benevolence by Harlan Lane’s The Mask of Benevolence: Disabling the Deaf Community book. This painting shows a class picture of a mainstreamed Deaf student with hearing students. The hearing students pretend to be ‘friends’ with the Deaf student; however, the Deaf student knows and sees not-so-good vibes among them. The Deaf student signs ‘STOP,’ ‘Enough is Enough’. The blue tape is the symbol which I use in many of the paintings, is a remark to audism, oppression, crossed out, tied down, trapped and masks. Resistance category.