ABOUT KENTURAH DAVIS
The premise of my work is occupied with the dynamics between the metaphysical and the material realm that manifest in human interaction, resting in the understanding that our physical state and circumstances in which we find ourselves are dictated by invisible paradigms/structures to which we are subject. It examines how identity is constructed through principal structures - namely spiritual, political and social - and explores the language that buttress/sustain these structures. From mothers to revolutionaries, the lives portrayed in these images reveal a profound acknowledgment of how words (via thoughts, reasoning and principles) are the fuel for the actions carried out by the characters and a lens through which we understand the world around us. By composing the images with text, I make palpable the ideas and experiences that are embodied in language. The text is layered to the point of illegibility as a way to substantiate the space of things unnamed, unarticulated and immaterial.
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