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Gardens of Grief


Grief can be understood as a process of relearning one’s sense of self after a loss has occurred. Interpretations of grief often sit in relation to the passing of loved ones while denying the complexity of what can be lost. Within a society that relies heavily on domination, loss is positioned as an inherent constant that many navigate daily. 
 
Within my current body of work, Gardens of Grief, I explore grief as a continuum. I lean into this constant fragmentation as a place of triumph, rebirth, and space for ancestral knowledge to pour through. Within these explorations, I investigate the lack of space to process grief in a culture of domination and the things that grow from it.

Each piece functions as a capsule that captures the many facades of loss. They hold paralyzing tides of pain, sadness, anger, and acceptance. The triumph of surrendering to the abstraction of self-ties back to visual abstraction traditions within the African-Diaspora. There is strength to pull from our collective understanding of abstraction as a means of creating space for grief.


2020–2021













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Image List (Top to Bottom)

A Series of Eruptions: Compounding, 2020
Mixed Media (Stiffend Burlap & Black Arcylic Paint), 34 x 36 in

Sutures on the Axis, 2020
Mixed Media (Stiffend Burlap &
Black Acrylic Paint),12 x 22 in

Weeping Willow Rejoice: Three, 2020
Mixed Media (Stiffend Burlap &
Black Acrylic Paint), 24 x 36 in

Kaleidoscope, 2020
Mixed Media (Stiffend Burlap
& Black Acrylic Paint),  31 x 48 in