April Bey - If You Want to Talk to Me, Talk to Me Direct...Don't Go Through the Corners!, 2021
Digitally woven tapestry, metallic cord, glitter (currency), hand-sewing, epoxy | 48 x 36 in
April Bey grew up in The Bahamas (New Providence) and now resides and works in Los Angeles, CA as a visual artist and art educator. Bey’s interdisciplinary artwork is an introspective and social critique of American and Bahamian culture, feminism, generational theory, social media, Afrofuturism, AfroSurrealism, post-colonialism Speculative futurism, and Blerd culture.
I first saw this piece at the 2021 Armoy show in NYC. I tried my best to capture its beauty but the photos do not do the artwork justice. In person, the piece is sparkly and shiny! Please check out more of April’s, work. I am a HUGE FAN
The title of the piece references the meme below!
It looks like beadwork!