«GIL SCOTT-HERON»: GELATIN SILVER B&W 11″X14″PHOTO HANDPRINTED, FRAMED 16″ X 20″
«GIL SCOTT-HERON»: ORIGINAL GELATIN SILVER B&W PHOTO, FORTE FIBER DW PAPER, 11″ x 14″ IN 16″ X 20″ METAL NEILSSEN PEWTER FRAME, 4 PLY ACID-FREE ARCHIVAL MUSEUM BOARD, BEVELLED WINDOW, SIGNED EN VERSO, HORIZONTAL ORIENTATION. HAND-PRINTED WITH ANALOG PRINTING METHOD BY AWARD WINNING ARTIST, LAURA JEAN ZITO. «The Revolution Will Not Be Televised» is his manifesto track that is also crucial forerunner of rap. Gil Scott-Heron’s debut LP, «Small Talk at 125th and Lenox» is spoken-word set to percussion, urging black pride, and foreshadowing his life’s work, in which he describes himself as «a Black man dedicated to expression; expression of the joy and pride of Blackness». He derided complacency over inner-city inequality, social injustice and political hypocrisy with social observation.