This portrait series utilizes materials available on Amazon.com, including melanin, cotton, and skin lightener. They are a series of experiments with the magic of materiality. Put differently, the works are concerned with the history of materials and how they function in relation to society and the cosmos.
Ed Poindexter, Melanin on Cotton, 2019, 50 x 50"
Lamumba, Melanin on Cotton, 2019, 50 x 50"
Stereoscopic Study, Melanin and Skin Lightener on Cotton, 2022, 60 x 60"
Will Brown, Melanin on Cotton, 2019, 50 x 50"
Modernity Comes Dressed in Cotton and Will Brown Installation view