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Tschabalala Self
Princess
- Estimate
- $2,500 - 3,500
$13,750
Lot Details
hand-sewn cotton and tulle on cotton
signed, numbered and dated "tschabalala 2018 28/30" on a label sewn to the reverse
51 1/8 x 39 3/8 in. (129.9 x 100 cm.)
Executed in 2018, this work is number 28 from an edition of 30 plus 2 artist's proofs.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Provenance
Tschabalala Self
American | 1990Harlem-born artist Tschabalala Self combines sewing, printing and painting in a singular style that speaks to her experience of contemporary black womanhood. Despite her extensive use of craft methods, Self considers herself to be a painter above all else. Her work is known for exaggerated colors and forms, allowing the personages within to “escape” from society’s narrow perceptions.Explaining her practice, the artist stated: “I hope to correct misconceptions propagated within and projected upon the Black body. Multiplicity and possibility are essential to my practice and general philosophy. My subjects are fully aware of their conspicuousness and are unmoved by the viewer. Their role is not to show, explain, or perform but rather ‘to be.’ In being, their presence is acknowledged and their significance felt. My project is committed to this exchange, for my own edification and for the edification of those who resemble me.”
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