Contemporary Middle Passage (here) and (there)

Title
Contemporary Middle Passage (here) and (there)

Year:
1996

Medium:
Mixed media on paper

Dimensions:
16' (H) x 6'(W)

Photo Credit:
Freddie Hergott

Collector:
Collection of artist

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Sixteen feet long and six feet wide, this double sided work on a single piece of paper shows on the (here) side, a woman falling in the abyss, holding onto her umbilicus, trying to situate herself between a island image seen through rose coloured glasses at the foot of the painting, a royal palm and a hand reaching for a rooted home. On the reverse, the woman flies high in the sky, head amongst the birds, luggage trailing behind, suspended in a Caribbean migrant dilemma between here and there.