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Image courtesy of the artist.
Ou ap tonbe, men m ap kenbe ou
“My paintings image the resultant network that is formed when myth, Afro-Caribbean history and personal narrative combine... Influenced by my upbringing in Miami, the places in my paintings are informed by the psychosocial spaces occupied by diaspora communities. My work has always been preoccupied with imagining unconventional bodies and specifically questioning black and queer identity formation ... I draw on historical content, Haitian vodou symbolism, and personal narrative to inform not only my research but also my material choices.”
—Didier William [80]
ArtistDidier William(b. 1983)
Haitian American, born 1983
Date2018
MediumInk, wood carving, and collage on panel
Dimensions64 x 90 x 2 in. (162.6 x 228.6 x 5.1 cm)
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, 2020.83
ClassificationMixed Media
Provenance(James Fuentes, New York, NY); purchased by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2020
On ViewNo
This artwork's face covers about 5.3× the area of a standard movie poster.Drawn to the same scale.
