Gazing
Artist Statement"Stop Gentrifying Us"
This is my Gazing project. In this project, I depicted Solange Knowles in the outfit she wore during her "Cranes in the Sky" performance on SNL. I capture the essence of her music which communicates black beauty, identity, and struggle with the African pattern in the background and the gold and silver Solange wears. I also use the skyscraper to illustrate the cities affected by gentrification like Miami which Solange includes in her album. The rising buildings in Miami were reminders of Solange's depression and the African-Americans being displaced out of their own communities. |