28 Aug Transmigration, 1995
Posted at 17:27h
in Mixed Media 1995–2001
Transmigration, 1995
Wood, Steel, bone & Mixed
17″ x 16.5″ x 3.75″
Private Collection
Transmigration was the one of the first of the 2-D Nkisi & is still probably my favorite. The central figure is a Butoh dancer. The eye or sun above her is a close-up of a flower and above that are many arms from a Hindu statue. The figure to the left is made of found scrap steel. A triangular piece of glass covers the dancers crotch, flanked by nails and with the burnt jawbone of a fish at the top edge.