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Black Woman
and child, 2023, silicone, hydrocal, and steel


Black Woman
, 2023, silicone, hydrocal, and steel

and child, 2023, silicone, hydrocal, and steel


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 

The Block is Hot, 2020, 96" * 66" * 32", plaster body cast, AC motor, steel, concrete blocks, aircraft cable, U link, pulleys, ratchet strap, 


T he Block is Hot
, 2020, 96" * 66" * 32", plaster body cast, AC motor, steel, concrete blocks, aircraft cable, U link, pulleys, ratchet strap, 


A still tongue keeps a wise head (detail), 2024, ac motor, stainless steel, t-slot aluminum extrusions, plaster, walker, various dimensions
A still tongue keeps a wise head, 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

Now You See Me; Now You Don't (Installation View), 2020,  plaster body cast, AC motor, steel, various found objects, various dimensions



High Heel
, 2021, steel, plaster, walker, hand-crank, various dimensions


Muscular Hope, 2025, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, mussel nacre, pearls, syringes, epoxy glue, 18” * 18” * 18”

Muscular Hope, (detail), 2025, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, mussel nacre, pearls, syringes, epoxy glue, 18” * 18” * 18”

Muscular Hope, (detail), 2025, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, mussel nacre, pearls, syringes, epoxy glue, 18” * 18” * 18”

lotus (detail), 2025, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, syringes, epoxy glue, doll, 18” * 18” * 18”


lotus, 2025, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, syringes, epoxy glue, doll, 18” * 18” * 18”


madama
, 2025, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, syringes, epoxy glue, doll, 18” * 18” * 18”


apple, 2025, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, syringes, epoxy glue, apple-snail, 18” * 18” * 18”

madama of pearl, 2025, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, syringes, epoxy glue, mother of pearl buttons, religious deity figure, 18” * 18” * 18”

madama of pearl, 2025, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, syringes, epoxy glue, mother of pearl buttons, religious deity figure, 18” * 18” * 18”



madama
(detail),  2025, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, syringes, epoxy glue, doll, 18” * 18” * 18”


queen
, 2025, steel, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, syringes, epoxy glue, whelk, 18” * 18” * 18”


queen
(detail), 2025, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, syringes, epoxy glue, whelk, 18” * 18” * 18”

madama: in black and blue, 2025, 3d-printed polycarbonate resin, syringes, epoxy glue, doll, 18” * 18” * 18”

Tit for Tat, 2019, steel, plaster, clothes pins, Ghana-must-go-bags, various dimensions


This and 60 million, 2023, sheetrock and embossed roofing paper markings, 48” * 96“ * 9”

This and 60 million
(detail), 2023, sheetrock and embossed roofing paper markings, 48” * 96“ * 9”


, 2020,  tin-clad fire sliding door, airtank, steel, rope, hardware, 99" * 54" * 42" 

 


half and half (detail), 2020,  tin-clad fire sliding door, airtank, steel, rope, hardware, 99" * 54" * 42" 


Buoy, 2016,  stoneware ceramic, plastic bottles, sisal and wood, 48" * 27" * 29"


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