From the Deep: In the Wake of Drexciya with Ayana V. Jackson
"Artist Ayana V. Jackson creates an undersea realm honoring those who jumped or were thrown overboard during the trans-Atlantic slave trade." (Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2023)
Where There Is No Origin But Memory I
The Self-Forgetfulness of Belonging Will Never Be Mine I
Consider the Sky and the Sea
Some People Have Spiritual Eyes II (featuring the dress which also appears as "Use the Stars to Fix a Celestial Navigation Point," with materials including Ghanaian currency, paste, cotton, raffia reed fans)
When the Spirit of Kalunda Comes So Does Kianda
Some People Have Spiritual Eyes I
Reliquary: The Sea Has Nothing to Offer but a Well-Executed Grave
It is Only When You Lose Your Mother That She Becomes Myth
I Summon the Voice from the Deep I
[images from the official exhibition website]
Also -- for those interested, many of these garments and models appear in video-works in collaboration with other artists! Very cool.
