"Under the table" is a reflection on the inner and outer, about man and power, about the fact that history is always happening, constantly and we are also participants and observers of what is happening.
Long before ratification of the Constitution, racialized economic practices were written into American law through slave codes and legal rulings. Black people in the American colonies were officially, explicitly and selectively stripped . . .
Imagine this: Moving to a new country with little or no resources and having to figure EVERYTHING out from scratch. How would you build a home in an unfamiliar and unwelcoming place? What histories (and scars) do you bring with you?
Dumas incorporates fragments of vintage home furnishings and other antique objects, signaling a time when the quality of materials was paramount. Familiar objects remind us of our histories, while their reimagining makes us consider theirs as well.
The work illustrates the ease with which a neglected, unproductive space can be nurtured back to a productive state through the efforts of one person
Soft Cell is part of a series of "Perceptual Cells" that the artist has been developing, in different formats, over a number of years. Each is a portable, autonomous unit that encloses the viewer in an environment where perception is altered.
Deep Sky, 1984, is a series of seven aquatints based on the light and space of Roden Crater.
"Under the table" is a reflection on the inner and outer, about man and power, about the fact that history is always happening, constantly and we are also participants and observers of what is happening.
Long before ratification of the Constitution, racialized economic practices were written into American law through slave codes and legal rulings. Black people in the American colonies were officially, explicitly and selectively stripped . . .
Imagine this: Moving to a new country with little or no resources and having to figure EVERYTHING out from scratch. How would you build a home in an unfamiliar and unwelcoming place? What histories (and scars) do you bring with you?
Dumas incorporates fragments of vintage home furnishings and other antique objects, signaling a time when the quality of materials was paramount. Familiar objects remind us of our histories, while their reimagining makes us consider theirs as well.
The work illustrates the ease with which a neglected, unproductive space can be nurtured back to a productive state through the efforts of one person
Soft Cell is part of a series of "Perceptual Cells" that the artist has been developing, in different formats, over a number of years. Each is a portable, autonomous unit that encloses the viewer in an environment where perception is altered.
Deep Sky, 1984, is a series of seven aquatints based on the light and space of Roden Crater.
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