Borderlines #2
The Making (sewing) of Borderlines#2 5ft x 5ft. Pen and ink, thread. 2012 The Making (sewing) of Borderlines#2 from Nyugen Smith on Vimeo. This was a labor of Love. Tearing 24 x 28in drawing paper into random shapes, Drawing all of the little Bundle Houses on the torn sections of paper, then putting them together...
For All the Loves We Lost: Brown Is the Color of My True Love’s Eyes and Skin
BACKGROUND: In 1785 Prince George of Wales fell in love with Maria Fitzherbert, a commoner. Because their love was forbidden, they each had miniatures of their eyes painted for one another, so that they could look deep into them always- without fear of being caught by the royal family. Although he officially married another, he...
The Flesh Is Weak, But the Spirit Will Intervene
This performance took place at Fountain Art Fair, Miami 2011 during Art Basel. I traveled to perform and exhibit with a cohort from Grace Exhibition Space (New York) and Solo(s) Project House (New Jersey). Photos by Anthony Alvarez This performance reflects on spiritual skirmishes between Africans in colonial/post-colonial West Indies and their European subjugators who...