At a powerful moment of reckoning both across the country and around the world, The Artists Statements project serves as a living document, regularly reflecting poignant new imagery and texts from leading Black contemporary artists.
project is an ever-evolving creative tribute to the agonies and the ecstasies of Black American life—from police brutality and civil rights activism to the close bonds of community. At a powerful moment of reckoning both across the country and around the world, it serves as a living document, regularly reflecting poignant new imagery and texts from leading Black contemporary artists.Stepping toward my darkest bits to hear a familiar song.
, 2020. Acrylic and glitter on canvas. 18” x 24”. Part of an online group show with Company Gallery entitled “So What?,” on view from June 26-August 2.Parable of the Sower : “Prodigy is, at its essence, adaptability and persistent, positive obsession. Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what remains may be channeled into destructive fanaticism. Without positive obsession, there is nothing at all.”
Clarity may not be the destination; perhaps the only constant is to exist amongst duality. Moving throughout calm chaos. Screams next to laughter, caressing in dark fleshy places and eyes massaged by natural light. A space of learning and unlearning, leaping and catching my breath, being held and being pushed.Stepping out to step inRunning in Place and Sometimes Walking: at Times I Feel Loved and ParalyzedYour Mother is a Woman That Moves Swiftly. Her Daughter Has to Keep Moving.
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