18 Black Artists Showcased Their Powerful Work Front and Center at the US Open

Madina Reece is an artist from Guyana who is now based in Brooklyn, NY, and specializes in highlighting unheard voices by creating visual narratives. Her paintings use realism to convey powerful emotion, and her piece "Emerge" captures the pain of racial injustice and police brutality through her eyes.

"Being a Black woman, I have seen and experienced racism within America," she said. "Seeing my people being killed just because of the color of their skin brings pain to my heart . . . Within this piece, I want the viewers to understand that we need to emerge as a community and put an end to racism and make the All Lives Matter slogan something that's true. Let us emerge so the future generation doesn't have to go through the same pain and fighting."