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Who Am I / Who Are You
On Ancestry, Collapse, and the Oceanic Call in Jafa and Owuor ©2025 Arthur Jafa, Courtesy of the artist, Gladstone Gallery and Sprüth Magers “Woooooow!”A young girl gasped as she walked into the space where Arthur Jafa’s AGHDRA (2021) was installed, at Bourse de Commerce, Paris. A vast, empty hall. A few stairs to sit on.…
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Embodiment of a Muse: “Maternity” by Tamara de Lempicka
Tamara de Lempicka, “Maternity” (1928) © Tamara de Lempicka Estate LLC Once again, I am here. Every night, I am forced to remove my garments for an infantile who doesn’t deserve it. No please, no thank you. There’s no warm tea waiting by the fireplace. No fresh robe hanging by the door, greeting me into…
THIS MIGHT BE ABOUT ART 