Artist: Awilda Sterling Duprey
Date: 1994
Museum: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico (San Juan, Puerto Rico)
Technique: Photograph
Sterling-Duprey began her career as a painter, but became increasingly interested in movement, performance, and dance. Informed by her study of African dance, Yoruba traditions, and Santeria, Sterling-Duprey’s work became an expression of her commitment to celebrating blackness. Sometimes she also creates object, such as this self referential and highly symbolic book. In this piece, made mostly of found objects, the idea of the book and its materiality coincide with the exercise of abstracting (oneself) and reaffirming (oneself) in a language of its own that redefines the beautiful. By including photographic slides and self-portraits, the artist establishes connections that discuss the relationship between materiality, the exercise of painting and representation.
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