Investigating IdentityPosted in Articles, Arts, Media Archive, Passing, United States, Women on 2019-08-26 00:30Z by Steven |
City Scene
Columbus, Ohio
2013-04-02
Exploration of womanhood inspires painter
To this day, a family secret has shaped Jesse Chandler’s work.
Her mother, Carlene Bochino, was African-American, but passed for white. It was the early 1960s and the stakes were high.
The secret was so buried that rumors and whispers swirled around Chandler’s home life, but the truth was never clear.
“She looked like Lena Horne,” says Chandler. “I missed it. I don’t know how I missed it.”…
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