The Block is Hot (left),
I, Used to Be XV- XVII (Center),
A Wise Head Keeps A Still Tongue (Right)
Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation on view at Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, co-curated by Dr. Maurita Poole and Maggie Adler
I, Used to Be XV- XVII (Center),
A Wise Head Keeps A Still Tongue (Right)
Emancipation: The Unfinished Project of Liberation on view at Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, MA, co-curated by Dr. Maurita Poole and Maggie Adler
The Block is Hot, 2020, 96" * 66" * 32", plaster body cast, AC motor, steel, concrete blocks, aircraft cable, U link, pulleys, ratchet strap,
Now You See Me; Now You Don't (Installation View), 2020, plaster body cast, AC motor, steel, various found objects, various dimensions
In Now You See Me; Now You Don’t, seven plaster replicas of Meris’
disjointed body each kinetically destroy themselves over perforated sheet metal. These ‘body-doubles’ are vessels of the violence of racial interpellation; they represent his inability to control the way that his body reads in space. Now You See Me; Now You Don’t grounds itself in Ralph Ellison’s epic novel: Invisible Man, specifically in his employment of white plaster surrogates of his body that nod to Mr. Kimrbo quotes such as “keep America Pure” and “If It’s optic white, It’s the right white.”
disjointed body each kinetically destroy themselves over perforated sheet metal. These ‘body-doubles’ are vessels of the violence of racial interpellation; they represent his inability to control the way that his body reads in space. Now You See Me; Now You Don’t grounds itself in Ralph Ellison’s epic novel: Invisible Man, specifically in his employment of white plaster surrogates of his body that nod to Mr. Kimrbo quotes such as “keep America Pure” and “If It’s optic white, It’s the right white.”
A still tongue keeps a wise head, 2024, ac motor, stainless steel, t-slot aluminum extrusions, plaster, walker, various dimensions
A still tongue keeps a wise head (detail), 2024, ac motor, stainless steel, t-slot aluminum extrusions, plaster, walker, various dimensions
Tét Chaje, 2023, galvanized steel, hydrocal, ac motor, hardware, light fixtures, epoxy resin, various dimensions
High Heel, 2021, steel, plaster, walker, hand-crank, various dimensions