Hebru Brantley - No Gardens Pt. II (2016)

No Gardens Pt. II (2016)

Artist: Hebru Brantley
Title: No Gardens Pt. II
Year: 2016
Medium: Archival pigment print in colours on Moab Fine Art Rag paper
Sheet Size: 43.2 × 33.0 cm (17 × 13 in)
Edition: 75 — signed and numbered in pencil lower right
Publisher: 1xRUN, Detroit
Certificate: Certificate of Authenticity included
Frame: Unframed
Type: Limited edition archival pigment print

Description:

No Gardens Pt. II (2016) presents Brantley's signature female protagonist — Lil Mama, the blue-skinned, goggle-wearing girl who anchors much of his figurative work — in one of her most psychologically complex and visually dense realisations. She sits in three-quarter profile, her pink afro puffs blazing against a black upper ground, her yellow top luminous against the layered background of hand-drawn graphic text and imagery: "DON'T LOOK DOWN," "MILK," fragments of illustrated characters and tag-style lettering that constitute a kind of visual autobiography of Chicago street culture. The goggles — Brantley's most personal motif — rest on her face in their characteristic yellow-and-red frame, the lenses wide and reflective, the gaze absorbed and slightly distant.

Lil Mama is Brantley's most enduring character — a figure who has appeared across his paintings, murals, sculptures, and prints since the mid-2000s as a vehicle for exploring themes of Black girlhood, imagination, resilience, and the complex emotional interior of childhood lived in difficult circumstances. The title — No Gardens Pt. II — evokes the concrete landscape of urban Chicago: a world without the pastoral, without the ease of natural beauty, where imagination must construct its own green spaces from within. The layered background — white with illustrated text and imagery — functions as that imagined space: a world of signs and symbols that the figure inhabits and is constituted by.

Produced as an archival pigment print in colours on Moab Fine Art Rag paper — a premium cotton rag paper associated with the highest standards of archival pigment printing — by 1xRUN, Detroit, one of the most respected publishers of limited edition prints by contemporary artists. Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist from an edition of 75, accompanied by a certificate of authenticity

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FAQ

Is this an original Hebru Brantley print?
Yes — an original archival pigment print in colours on Moab Fine Art Rag paper, signed and numbered by the artist from an edition of 75, with a certificate of authenticity.

What is the edition size?
75 impressions.

Who is Lil Mama?
Lil Mama is Hebru Brantley's signature female protagonist — a blue-skinned girl with goggle-glasses who appears across his paintings, murals, and prints as a vehicle for exploring Black girlhood, imagination, and resilience in urban America.

What is Moab Fine Art Rag paper?
A premium cotton rag paper associated with the highest standards of archival pigment printing — acid-free, lignin-free, and designed for long-term colour stability and surface quality.

Who published this work?
1xRUN, Detroit — one of the most respected publishers of limited edition prints by contemporary artists, known for its collaborations with leading street art and urban contemporary practitioners.

Is a certificate of authenticity included?
Yes — included with the work.

Do you ship internationally?
Yes — worldwide, with museum-grade flat packaging, full insurance, and shipment tracking.