virgodura:Lynette Yiadom-Boakye “One of the things I always destroy in the work is anyone that I
virgodura: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye “One of the things I always destroy in the work is anyone that I think looks passive. In part, this is because they’re black, and in part because I don’t want them to like anyone has taken anything from them. I don’t want them to be victimized basically, or to look that way. It’s as much about avoiding certain tropes in the work as anything else.” “I like the idea of the figures being unapologetic or unrelenting somehow. I want to be unashamed…” A Life to Die For, 2012; Curses, 2011; The Host Over a Barrel, 2014; Condor and the Mole, 2011. -- source link