The Other

Mixed Media

Form based on Karakalpakstan* cloak worn by women. The myth of racial identity. Outrage over the use of racial epithets and racial coding to intimidate, instill fear, create division and repress people of color. 2018

* The Karakalpaks (who call themselves Qoraqolpoqlar) are a people of Central Asia. They lived within the Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union until it was dissolved in 1991. Today their territory is within independent Uzbekistan.

Poetry: Ginny Hoyle

Details: 36″ h x 57″ w x 9 deep. Paper, silk, linen thread, book board.

Part of Exhibition: Worn World