Ayana V. Jackson
To be Black And Female in the Spanish South West, in the Style of Selika Lazevski, 2023
Archival pigment print on German etching paper
47 1/4 x 59 in
120 x 150 cm
120 x 150 cm
Edition of 8 plus 3 artist's proofs
Séries: You forgot to see me coming
Commanding atop her horse, this figure pays homage to 19th-century Black equestriennes. Jackson reclaims portraiture to imagine a counter-archive of dignity and poise. It is a reminder that to “know...
Commanding atop her horse, this figure pays homage to 19th-century Black equestriennes. Jackson reclaims portraiture to imagine a counter-archive of dignity and poise. It is a reminder that to “know thyself” often requires imagining what was never recorded. Shown in Gallery Two: Colonialism And The Forgetting Of Afro Heritage at PhotoEspana in Nosce Te Ipsum: Membrum Fantasma.
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