Jacob Dwyer
Planting Seeds, 2020
Monroe, Michigan
Photo Credit: Jacob Dwyer
In the State of Michigan, immigrant laborers and female farm operators drive the agricultural industry. Planting Seeds conveys the importance of these individuals to local farms throughout all four seasons. This mural calls on the viewer to aspire for a more equitable future of farming by highlighting some perspectives of these underrepresented populations.
“Amid the immigration crisis, we need to ask ourselves who is harvesting the food we take for granted.”
Jacob Dwyer grew up in Eagan, MN. He attended the Cleveland Institute of Art, then transferred to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where he received a BFA with a combined major in Painting, Drawing, and Sculpture in 2009. Over the next seven years in Minneapolis, he co-operated a gallery called They Won’t Find Us Here, began painting murals, and worked in a private studio building large canvases and custom painting substrates. He relocated to Detroit, MI, in 2016 after visiting the city several times in previous years. In Detroit, his practice has transformed to focus on large-scale murals, sign painting, and decorative painting in historic restorations.
雅各布·德怀尔 (Jacob Dwyer)
《播种》(Planting Seeds)，2020 年
密歇根州，门罗市
照片来源：雅各布·德怀尔 (Jacob Dwyer)
对于密歇根州农业产业的发展而言，移民劳工和女性农场经营者功不可没。《播种》描绘了他们在农场中劳作的场景，彰显了他们对于当地农场的重要性。这幅壁画选择从这些代表性不足人群的视角出发，呼吁观众在农业领域创造更加公平的未来。
“在移民危机爆发之际，我们需要扪心自问，是谁在收获我们认为理所应当的食物。”