You Can Heal Yourself When You Take Your Time (Teal and Gold), from the Atlantica series , 2020
31.5 x 23.4 x 3 in (h x w x d)
Relief photopolymer plate print with “African” Chinese knockoff wax fabric hand-sewn into reversible sequins
not for sale

The Afro-Futurism and Afro-Surrealism of Atlantica is the therapeutic manifestation of April Bey—her origin story and a surreal coping mechanism and healing modality for a queer black Femme on Earth. According to Bey, Atlantica is a planet, made in another universe, that parallels, critiques, celebrates and satirizes our own…and rewrites Earth’s history. Beyoncé and Solange [for those who don’t know the equally as talented, gorgeous and accomplished sister of Beyoncé pictured in You Can Heal Yourself When You Take Your Time] “were reassigned into Earth’s history —-with creative license of course—- as the primary leaders of the Women’s Suffragette Movement.” —April Bey

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Other works by April Bey

You About to Lose Yo Job ‘Cause You Are Detaining Me, for Nothing, from the Atlantica series , 2020
30 x 24 x 3 in (h x w x d)
Watercolor drawing on wood panel covered in archival epoxy resin. Hand-drilled holes and hand-sewn “African” wax fabric with oil point impasto
Virtual Gallery
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When All Hell Breaks Loose , 2020
78.5 x 113.5 x 3 in (h x w x d)
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They Told Me You Were Harmless , 2020
79.5 x 116.5 x 3 in (h x w x d)
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