Hosted by Lanisa Kitchiner, director of education and scholarly initiatives at the museum, the panel «will explore how they negotiate intention versus impact in creative works, how they navigate the exclusive art world, and how
they use black female bodies — particularly their own — to create alternative visions of black womanhood.»
Not exact matches
Tschabalala Self is a visual artist based in New York who builds a singular style from the syncretic
use of both painting and printmaking to explore ideas about the
black female body.
Past artists who have created work for Rivington Place's window include Philomena Francis who
used piped
black treacle in her artwork mo» lasses III to raise questions about identity and viewing the
black female body, and most recently Nilbar Güres» Beekeeper, a photographic composition examining representations of femininity and cultural identity.
Focusing on the
black female experience and Latin American lineage, the artist's colorful paintings and drawings
use symbols from textiles, hair designs, and
body ornaments.
On the airplane flying into Saudi Arabia, the artist's mother would
black out,
using a marker, all the exposed parts of
female bodies from the latest «Vogue» magazine in order to bring them into the country.
Her work builds a singular style from the syncretic
use of both painting and printmaking to explore ideas about the
black female body.