Leasho Johnson
The centipede under two skies (Anansi # 27), 2023
Charcoal, distemper, watercolor, coffee, logwood dye, indigo dye, acrylic, oil, oil stick and collage on paper mounted to canvas
45 1/2 x 90 3/4 in
115.6 x 230.5 cm
115.6 x 230.5 cm
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Like most of my anansi pieces there allegory are contents of coding for queer intimacy but also holders of scenarios that are interlocked with anx. I was thinking about uniformity...
Like most of my anansi pieces there allegory are contents of coding for queer intimacy but also holders of scenarios that are interlocked with anx. I was thinking about uniformity and order and that continuum and how bodies are forced to conform. How these forces are internalised and fough. How the innocence of youth’s potential is nurtured but also feared. Like the fear of a centipede contorted, feared and dangerous.
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