University Art Museum at New Mexico State University

University Art Museum at New Mexico State University

Las Cruces, New Mexico

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Four Sites of Return: Ritual, Remembrance, Reparation & Reclamation

  • January 21, 2022 - March 05, 2022
Bunny Conlon Modern & Contemporary Gallery - On Site Exhibition

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108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice(1) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • 108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace an...
Ink on paper (Reclaiming the Black body from Heart of Darkness)
108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice(2) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • 108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace an...
Mixed Media
108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice(3) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • 108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace an...
Mixed Media
108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice(4) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • 108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace an...
Mixed Media
Anonymous African American Woman Standing with Chair by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Anonymous African American Woman Standing with ...
60 x 48 in
(152.4 x 121.92 cm)
Charcoal and cracked gesso on panel
Anonymous African American Woman With Basket: 1855 by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Anonymous African American Woman With Basket: 1855
80 x 60 in
(203.2 x 152.4 cm)
Oil on canvas
Boat(Arc of Return) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Boat(Arc of Return)
Baltic birch, hand-etched copper plates, copper mesh
Boat(back) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Boat(back)
Baltic birch, hand-etched copper plates, copper mesh
Community Altar Space(1) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Community Altar Space(1)
Mixed Media
Community Altar Space(2) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Community Altar Space(2)
Mixed Media
Community Altar Space(3) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Community Altar Space(3)
Mixed Media
Four Sites of Return - Title Wall by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Four Sites of Return - Title Wall
Isadora and Mary Noe Freeman by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Isadora and Mary Noe Freeman
72 x 53 in
(182.88 x 134.62 cm)
Oil on canvas
Land effigy(1) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Land effigy(1)
Mixed Media
Land effigy(2) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Land effigy(2)
Mixed Media
Land effigy(3) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Land effigy(3)
Mixed Media
Land effigy(4) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Land effigy(4)
Mixed Media
Mutiny of Mourning(1) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Mutiny of Mourning(1)
Ink on paper (Reclaiming the Black body from Heart of Darkness)
Mutiny of Mourning(2) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Mutiny of Mourning(2)
Ink on paper (Reclaiming the Black body from Heart of Darkness)
Mutiny of Mourning(3) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Mutiny of Mourning(3)
Ink on paper (Reclaiming the Black body from Heart of Darkness)
Mutiny of Mourning(4) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Mutiny of Mourning(4)
Ink on paper (Reclaiming the Black body from Heart of Darkness)
Mutiny of Mourning(5) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Mutiny of Mourning(5)
Ink on paper (Reclaiming the Black body from Heart of Darkness)
Remembrance(1) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Remembrance(1)
Remembrance(2) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Remembrance(2)
Remembrance(3) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Remembrance(3)
Remembrance(4) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Remembrance(4)
Oil on canvas
Remembrance(5) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Remembrance(5)
Oil on canvas
Remembrance(6) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Remembrance(6)
Sanctuary of Wounds(Front) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Sanctuary of Wounds(Front)
Fabric
Sanctuary of Wounds(Left Side) by Nikesha Breeze
  • Nikesha Breeze
  • Sanctuary of Wounds(Left Side)
Fabric
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Four Sites of Return - Title Wall by Nikesha Breeze

Nikesha Breeze

Four Sites of Return - Title Wall by Nikesha Breeze

The Arc Of Return by Nikesha Breeze
Sanctuary of Wounds(Front) by Nikesha Breeze
Sanctuary of Wounds(Right Side) by Nikesha Breeze
Sanctuary of Wounds(Left Side) by Nikesha Breeze

108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice(1) by Nikesha Breeze
108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice(2) by Nikesha Breeze
108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice(3) by Nikesha Breeze
108 Death Masks: A Communal Prayer for Peace and Justice(4) by Nikesha Breeze

Mutiny of Mourning(1) by Nikesha Breeze
Mutiny of Mourning(2) by Nikesha Breeze
Mutiny of Mourning(3) by Nikesha Breeze
Mutiny of Mourning(4) by Nikesha Breeze

Stages of Tectonic Blackness: Blackdom by Nikesha Breeze
Stages of Tectonic Blackness: Blackdom(2) by Nikesha Breeze
Stages of Tectonic Blackness: Blackdom(3) by Nikesha Breeze
Stages of Tectonic Blackness: Blackdom(4) by Nikesha Breeze

Remembrance(1) by Nikesha Breeze
Remembrance(2) by Nikesha Breeze
Remembrance(3) by Nikesha Breeze
Remembrance(4) by Nikesha Breeze