Pick Me Apart Like Cotton Flowers

Pick Me Apart Like Cotton Flowers

by | May 17, 2021 | Artwork

Kelsey L. Arrington Pick Me Apart Like Cotton Flowers I can’t wear a cotton shirt without thinking of slavery. Sometimes I imagine walking through cotton fields with an Enslaver or his son… their hands on the small of my back…or perhaps around my...
Strange Fruit

Strange Fruit

by | Nov 7, 2020 | Artwork

Kelsey L. Arrington Strange Fruit Strange Fruit explores the nexus of American society’s sexualization and demonization of black women. In a series of digital, photographic collages, Arrington invites the viewer to partake in the voyeuristic pleasure of watching black...
Not for Consumption

Not for Consumption

by | Nov 6, 2020 | Artwork

Kelsey L. Arrington Not for Consumption Black women in America are pressured to assimilate to a society that both lusts for and plots against their bodies. This series of photographs explores the duality of sexualization and violence Black women experience daily. ...
Ritual

Ritual

by | Nov 4, 2020 | Artwork

Kelsey L. Arrington Ritual In the Yoruba tradition, Oshun is recognized as the goddess of love and sweet waters; a bringer of prosperity and success. I honor the beauty, grace and divinity of the goddess Oshun with this series.  Kelsey Arrington Ode to Oshun 2019...