Aindrea Emelife

Aindrea Emelife Instagram – A LOOK BACK AT BLACK VENUS @fotografiska ⁠
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1: Carrie Mae Weems – Not Manet’s Type (2010)⁠
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Not Manet’s Type is a 2010 offset photolithograph reproducing the second installation of a five-part photographic series that was created in 1997. A nude self-portrait of the artist shows her standing in a classic contra-posts pose at the foot of an unmade bed, as reflected in the round mirror of a dresser. By servicing as both muse and creator, Weems imparts a sly duality to her challenge: is she referring to the scrutiny of herself as the composition’s subject, or the critical study of her artistic output as a whole? ⁠
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2: Alberta Whittle – C Is For Colonial Fantasy (2017)⁠
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Alberta Whittle works with a variety of media including film, interactive installations, sculpture, collage, and performance, aiming to unsettle people from their positions of privilege and passivity to elicit collective care and compassion. Whittle investigates the differences in acknowledging these histories geographically. In this digital collage, Whittle seeks to convey structural concerns such as inequality, race, postcolonial power, language, and memories. When looking through an Afrofuturist lens, perhaps the audience is being told that freedom will be found among the stars after escaping the inequalities on Earth.⁠
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3/4: Coreen Simpon – Black Girl with Eye (1992) | Black Girl, African Queen (1992) | Masked Nude (ca 1990s)⁠
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Coreen Simpson’s photographic career began in the early 1980s. Initially, she covered political events and shot the biggest artists, athletes, and icons of the time, particularly the stylish black youth of the 1980s club scene in New York City. In these works, Simpson confronts the idea of the Black female body and gaze. In Black Girl with Eye, an eye is enlarged, giving agency to the female sitter. In Black Girl, African Queen and Masked Nude, Simpson complicates the image with the introduction of African masks—asking the viewer to question the narrow stereotypes by which we see race, and the exoticization and fetishisation the Black woman has experienced historically. ⁠ | Posted on 25/Aug/2022 20:31:56