Lugo puts the final touches on one of his Orange and Black urns, inspired by the ancient Greco-Roman black- and red-figure vessels. Using this technique, the artist depicts specific narratives from his own childhood experience such as seeing a Black man get assaulted by a group of white supremacists, but also the overall realities of young black and brown people being unfairly targeted by the prison industrial complex. Photo 4 of 7 in Roberto Lugo Is Using a Greco-Roman Pottery Tradition to Tell His Own Stories

Roberto Lugo Is Using a Greco-Roman Pottery Tradition to Tell His Own Stories

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Lugo puts the final touches on one of his Orange and Black urns, inspired by ancient Greco-Roman black- and red-figure vessels. Using this technique, the artist depicts specific narratives from his own childhood experience such as seeing a Black man get assaulted by a group of white supremacists, but also the overall realities of young black and brown people being unfairly targeted by the prison industrial complex.