Madison Cooper: (untitled) Fanon

August 14 - October 06,2023

From Cliff Gallery: "I define my work as an exploratory conversation addressing memory, Blackness, and childhood. I primarily work in photography and printmaking, and frequently incorporate textile elements and practices. I choose these elements to emphasize specific and familiar and cultural symbology. Processing these signifiers - such as church services and hair care products - serve as an effort to comb through memories and consider the way I perceive my Black identity. Within my practice, I’m constantly looking for the connection point between physical and materiality and visual re-staging and examining what it means to re-purpose and alter memories. I integrate personal and public archival imagery and staging in reminiscence of specific moments of my past, as a Black woman from Dallas, Texas. I tend to highlight experiences rooted in personal trauma while striving to soothe these moments of unrest and confusion. I search out variable communal experiences to amplify the intricacies of Black culture. I'm interested in my work existing as a performance for the Black community."

Cliff Gallery - Mountain View College 4849 W. Illinois Avenue
Dallas, TX 75211
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