- Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum
- Look Out, 2013
- Watercolor, acrylic, and pencil on Rives BFK
- 30 x 24 in (76.2 x 60.96 cm)
- Framed: 39.5 x 32.875 in (100.33 x 83.5 cm)
- Inv: 3364
Gift of the Artist
Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s artwork synthesizes Afrofuturism and earthly and cosmic landscapes to imagine the potential of a radical new future. In Look Out, an indigo, constellation-filled sky sheds blue-hued drops over a rocky landscape, generating another world in which Black people’s full potential can be realized. The artist imagines her landscapes outside of a familiar present, layering translucent swaths of paint and eliminating visual markers of time and space to add a transcendent quality to the work. Sunstrum speculates on African innovation and uniqueness, and calls upon diasporic and collective fantasies to celebrate her African heritage.
Bibliography
Blog Post: Psychology 101 Culture Points, Connecting Social Science to the Arts by Alice Berndt ‘22
- Subject Matter: Abstract
- Current Location: Cunningham Theatre Center
- Collections: Africana Studies, Painting
