United States, 39.76, -98.5United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026Amaki, Amalia K.2001Manipulated photograph by Amalia Amaki.Amaki is well known for her photo-based mixed media constructions. She often begins with historical and/or stereotypical images of African Americans, and then uses buttons and other found objects to transform these images into objects of power. Her work explores the ways images are perceived and interpreted; in this piece she explores how specific relationships affect stereotyping and discrimination.Purchase of the Tubman African American Museum.image/jpeghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/African American art--United StatesButtons--United StatesButton craft--United StatesArt, American--20th centuryPhotography, HandworkedI'd rather two-step than waltz-step threeStillImage