Overlap

Thank you so much to all who came out last night for our artist talk by who shared her materials, process, and the stories and archives behind her work.

Included in our current show is “Flee Plantation” 2021, linocut print with oil based ink on stonehenge paper.
(Detail shown in last image)

“Flee Plantation is part of my series of work re{volt)ing, re-imagining John Stedman’s Narrative of a Five Years Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Suriname
(1796) from the perspective of the enslaved, rather than that of John Stedman, a British-Dutch soldier, observing and perpetuating the experiences of the enslaved. I created relief prints redressing Stedman’s text and printed engravings to represent a sense of agency of the maroons’ and those enslaved. Engaging in a very physical process of carving, or digging the image out of wood and linoleum, which is akin to the very raw process of digging through these histories, I attempt to visualize the viewpoint of the enslaved.
Upon Stedman’s arrival in Suriname his host, a plantation owner, gets word that 25 enslaved people on a plantation nearby set it ablaze and journey onward to meet the Maroons. This is my visualization of those 25 people forging their own freedom.”

This event and exhibition is in collaboration with and will be on view until December 20th. All our talks/events for this show have been live streamed and can be found on our social media!