20” x 30” Found imagery, Gold, Ink, collage on water color paper 2019
Inspired by 15th-century tarot, divination, and playing cards, “Organic Tarot ” explores the process of reshaping archived documentary style representations of Black ShareCroppers and ex-slaves reimagined as divine inspirational bodies in space. Intended to create a broader complexity of Black identity stripped of tragic TransAtlantic histories, Organic Tarot, investigates archived material as a method of decolonization of the marginalized mind.
20” x 30” Found imagery, Gold, Ink, collage on water color paper 2019 | Denver Art Museum, 2019, Denver CO
The Suit of Cups is associated with the element of water. Water is fluid, agile and in flux but it’s also very powerful and formative. It can be soft and gentle, like waves lapping against the sandy shore, or it can be powerful and even forceful, like a raging river. So as the spoons travel into the cup, The King of cups reminds us to be like water. Remain fluid and ever changing in our actions. Continuously growing as he remains balanced upon his throne/foundation. Here, the Spoons symbolize wands and represent energy, spirituality, inspiration, determination, strength, intuition, creativity, ambition and expansion, original thought and the seeds through which life springs forth, into the Cup of life...
20” x 30” Found imagery, Gold, Ink, collage on water color paper 2019
20” x 30” Found imagery, Gold, Ink, collage on water color paper 2019
20” x 30” Found imagery, Gold, Ink, collage on water color paper 2019
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Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver
15” x 19”
Found imagery Collage
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Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver
Inspired by the energies of bodies and living cultures in motion, Share the Crop explores concepts of space, time, technology, and mobility for people of color. Former slaves, share croppers and generations that follow, are placed in visual narratives of autonomy and alternative dimensions of reality imagining vast environments filled with technological advancements. These narratives create a presence in the past, present and future for people of color.
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Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver
15” x 19”
Found imagery Collage
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Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver
The invitation to move freely and to travel is crucial because the United States first began to criminalize the movement of free people when slavery was abolished.
15” x 19”
Found imagery Collage
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Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver
15” x 19”
Found imagery Collage
Share the Crop
Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver
15” x 19”
Found imagery Collage
Share the Crop
Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver
15” x 19”
Found imagery Collage
Share the Crop
Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver
15” x 19”
Found imagery Collage
Share the Crop
Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver
15” x 19”
Found imagery Collage
Share the Crop
Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver
15” x 19”
Found imagery Collage
Share the Crop
Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver
15” x 19”
Found imagery Collage
Share the Crop
Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver
15” x 19”
Found imagery Collage
Share the Crop
Commissioned Series | Museum of Contemporary Art | Denver