ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONS 2:
COME INTO MY GARDEN, 2019
Video SERIES
THIS SERIES IS FOR THE FIERCE WOMAN AND HER ALLIES. TODAY, YOU WILL FIND THEM AT THE INTERSECTION OF UNTAMED BLACKNESS AND FREE-FLOWING FEMININITY. AN INTERSECTION THAT IS OFTEN MET WITH MISOGYNOIR AND RECALCITRANCE. THESE ARE TRYING TIMES AND OUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO SHOW UP, WITH OUR MOUTHS AND OUR MINDS AND OUR LIVES AND OUR ART. ART IS NOT THE ONLY EXPRESSION, IT IS ENERGY. IT IS A SOCIETAL REBUTTAL TO THE STATUS QUO. LET YOUR MIND'S EYE USHER YOU INTO THE ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONS 1: COME INTO MY GARDEN. A SERIES OF COLORS THAT BREATHES SOUND. A VISUAL BATTLE CRY THAT VIBRATES LIFE. STEP INTO A VORTEX OF BLACK POWER, BLACK EQUITY, BLACK WOMANISM, BLACK DYNAMISM. EACH STRIKING COLOR IS AN HOMAGE TO EVERY CHIEFTESS WHO HAS WALKED BEFORE US AND MADE AWAY IN A WEARY WORLD, WHERE SHE WAS UNWELCOME. THE SERIES SPEAKS TO THE LIBERATION OF PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE PEOPLES. PERHAPS YOU WILL FIND YOUR OWN ALONG THE WAY. ABSTRACT EXPRESSIONS 1 & 2: COME INTO MY GARDEN IN ANTICIPATION OF GROWTH AS WE BREAK THE CONSTRAINTS OF SOCIETY'S THORNS. WE'RE AWAKE, WE'RE FREE, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE FIGHTING.
