This recent work includes a quote from James Baldwin, one of the artist’s heroes.

As the opening statement on the Wailer’s 1973 album Burnin’, “Get Up Stand Up” would go on to endure as an international human rights anthem, speaking to the persistence of oppression and human rights violations in all forms throughout the world.

The repurposed punching bag is a metaphorical reference to “a struggle” which Gibson has used in only 19 other works.