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Njideka Akunyili Crosby's 'Dwell: Me, We' (2017) is reproduced from ‘Women Painting Women,' published by @delmonico_books to accompany the exhibition currently on view at @themodernfw ⁠ ⁠ From the book: "Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s ‘Dwell' … examines the dichotomies of the diasporic immigrant’s notion of self, revolving especially around displacement and integration. The artist uses the layering of materials, including paint and collaged fabric and paper, to conjure a complex merging of cultures and layering of selfhood. Born in Nigeria, the artist moved to the United States at sixteen and is now married to an American man. The interplay between Nigerian and American imagery in the work suggests that identity is shaped by duality. In ‘Dwell’, there is a diversity of imagery, political and personal, that relates to her birth country and to the US. The painted bobble head portrait-within-a-portrait of Colin Kaepernick, the American civil rights activist and NFL quarterback, and the image of Angela Davis in the collaged “rug” beneath the artist’s feet denote heroic figures on the one hand but also the endemic racism that comes with living in the US.”⁠ ⁠ Edited with text by Andrea Karnes. Preface by Marla Price. Text by Emma Amos, Faith Ringgold, Lorna Simpson.⁠ ⁠ Read more via linkinbio.⁠ ⁠ @njidekaakunyilicrosby #njidekaakunyilicrosby #dwellmewe #womenpaintingwomen #womenpainters #portraiture @faithringgold @andrea.m.karnes @lornasimpson https://www.instagram.com/p/CePElF_pEM3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=