Four Women by Nina Simone pays homage to the defiant spirit of Nina Simone, performer and civil rights activist and women who grew out of America’s r groundbreaking song by the same name, she brings to life four archetypal African American women who navigate the hostile world at the center of Simone 1966 on her Wild is the Wind album. The song opens with the words of “Aunt Sara,” the African woman who is the source of all humankind, the universal mother. In Geter’s representation she strong, proud African features and traditional head adornment, which reflects her recent arrival from Africa to a new world fraught with hostility and mounta about her strength and will to survive the brutality of this new life. From her evolves the various paths traveled by African Americans on this land mass. “Sa she is neither black nor white, as her birth was the result of a brutal rape. She is yellow with long hair, a euphemism for mixed race. “Sweet Thing” underst the money her physical beauty can brings. The final woman’s name is contrary to the rage she expresses. As the daughter of slaves, she speaks of the bi defiantly "My name is “Peaches!’ to the song’s final chords. With each stroke Geter honors the story of these women who made sacrifices and In far more instances that are known defied the odds that many may fo suffered through the ravages of historical abuse and injustices but dared to demand excellence of themselves and their children. Within their communities worlds of possibilities. Geter defines himself as one of these children and carries on their legacy in his work.
In Hats and Mats the sun becomes an unseen but powerful symbol. Geter’s subjects squint suggesting willful though strained vision. What future state of b scrutiny? Can a future defined by equity, justice, acceptance and security be anticipated? Several of the images appear with muzzles which addresses a la in today’s climate. However, their hair, straight and wiry, is a conduit for cosmic currents that enter the head.
