Art on my Mind by Bell Hooks
Two quotes:
“Black images can only stand for themselves and nothing more” (PDF)
I believe the artist is referring to the cultural points that her images represent. Specifically, the direct visualization of a black person, the subject, in which is interacting with a specific space. The images of a black person that is unique to the identity of being black. There is not much that can be interpreted from if the specific intention is already contextualized.
“Contestation is different from confrontation” pg. 92 (PDF)
This quote refers to how contestation is about confronting issues or ideas while confrontation refers to having a direct conflict or problem. This is an interesting quote because it defines how similar these themes are but being very different concepts. This refers to how the artist is being subjective rather than being more personal or emotional in her response.
Notes:
There was something different that I wanted to explore, work that had the appearance of documentary but was not at all documentary. It was highly fabricated work.
All the pieces in the Kitchen Table series highlight "the gaze," particularly the piece where the woman is sitting with a man leaning against her, his head buried in her neck, a mirror placed directly in front of her, but she looks beyond that to the subject
Your work immediately challenges our sense of blackness
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