She noted that he had struggled with mental illness and an occasionally violent temper.

But to say so is merely to recount how one particular form of economic inequality came about.

"She sees herself as an activist and instead of standing on the picket line, she's creating beautiful, conceptual pieces that get her message across," Andre Guichard said. "If you don't think, in 2015, that people of other skin colors can have an opinion, that's a sign we need to have further conversation about it."