Aunt Bukky
Aunt Bukky
Date2023
DimensionsOverall: 31 1/2 × 23 5/8 in. (80 × 60 cm)
Mediumoil on canvas
ClassificationPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
2025.131
Not on View
DescriptionA black woman wearing a plaid dress and holding a swaddled baby
Published References"The experience of communing featured in Joy Labinjo's 'Beloved, Take What You Need'" Artdaily, October 18, 2023. Bakare, Lance, "Painting a new pantheon: portrait series honors Black radicals" The Guardian, April 1, 2023. Moloi, Nkgopeleng, "A Monumental Survey of Black Figurative Painting Exposes the Limits of Representation" ArtReview, April 20, 2023.Exhibition HistoryTiwani Contemporary, London, Beloved Take What You Need, October 12 - November 11, 2023.
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