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sonia e barrett

London

My artwork is a rollercoaster of the materials that have shaped my life as a black woman.

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  • Returning, 2015
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  • 40 x 35 x 30 cm
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Here European and American chairs made of tropical hardwood have been deconstructed and reassembled to the dimensions of traditional Ghanaian chairs to look at problems of “returning” to Africa from across the diaspora. and to complicate the question posed by Len Garrison “Where are the ancient stools on which our Kings and Queens sat?” The chairs because of their small size and low weight can be worn and overcome the problem of objectification by some times being supporting and sometimes being supported by an individual.

Shown at Tete gallery Berlin

Other Work From sonia e barrett

Rollaway nr 8, guest bed, Leeds Chapeltown. by sonia e barrett
Rollaway nr 8, guest bed, Leeds Chapeltown.
Paths to Joy.  Roscoe Parish Chapeltown, Leeds. 2017 by sonia e barrett
Paths to Joy. Roscoe Parish Chapeltown, Leeds. 2017
Chair nr 38, steering identities, heartbeats, gun shots in this ch/br_est by sonia e barrett
Chair nr 38, steering identities, heartbeats, gun shots in this ch/br_est
A Fabulation Chair nr 63 finds joy here and now. by sonia e barrett
A Fabulation Chair nr 63 finds joy here and now.
Merging with the sound radical immediate black joy by sonia e barrett
Merging with the sound radical immediate black joy
The Detained Table. by sonia e barrett
The Detained Table.
Chair No. 33 by Photographer Sonia E Barrett No credit needed
Chair No. 33
Sonia E Barrett by sonia e barrett
Sonia E Barrett
Felt pads by sonia e barrett
Felt pads
I work at not seeing you, I am tired of not being seen. by sonia e barrett
I work at not seeing you, I am tired of not being seen.
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