Desmond Beach - Penetrating the Shadows, 2023
Digital collage woven on Jacquard loom, hand and machine sewn pieceworked fabric
Penetrating the Shadows is part of Desmond Beach’s
The Beloved Tapestries project
Desmond Beach is a New York City artist and educator who explores race, identity, and social justice themes in his artistic practice. Through his work, Beach aims to transform the tragedies of the transatlantic slave trade and the Jim Crow American South into a celebration of fully living Black life. - source