Description
Set of two pieces, unframed.
Each 12 x 12 inch (h x w)
Mixed Media on Wood
Artist Statement:
Neve Be (They/Them)
In this piece, I create a portrait of Neve sitting in their mobile chair.
Neve is an Indigenous Black Disabled NB Femme ENCHANTREXX, Terpsichorean, Pina Bausch Fellow, Africanist Abolitionist Anarchist Ho who is a dancer and sex worker with long brown hair and a face tattoo between their eyebrows. Neve Be is wearing a gold glitter one piece bodysuit, gold sunglasses and gold and pink boots. Neve is sitting on a purple and gold mobile chair and their gold handbag is to the left of them. Neve Be is holding a medicinal cigarette on one hand and resting their other hand on their lap. Neve Be is surrounded by a quote that says, “Our lives matter no matter what we’ve done or what we are going to do.”
You can follow Neve Be on Instagram @nevebebad and their website nevebebad.com
Beyond Our Bodies was curated to display portraits of Black Disabled Nonbinary or Trans community members who are often targeted by their own existence. Beyond Our Bodies means that our bodies do not solely define who we are as members of this universe. Often we are artists, musicians, dancers and magick. We are more than our bodies, we are multidimensional in every way possible.
Ms. Edge (She/Her)
In this piece, I create a portrait of Ms. Edge standing. Ms. Edge is a Black Trans Woman DJ, Performer, Filmmaker and Producer who has her hair in thick braids wearing purple two piece, waist beads with gold and purple boots. One of her hands in at her side holding a machete to represent the resilience of her ancestors who continued to exist, attached to the machete is a purple cloth. Her other hand is behind her head. Around Ms. Edge is a quote she said, “I was no longer a butch queen, I was the Queen herself.”
You can follow Ms. Edge on Instagram and Spotify through @therealedgeslayer. You can also use this link to follow her: https://instabio.cc/201286CflyH
Beyond Our Bodies was curated to display portraits of Black Disabled Nonbinary or Trans community members who are often targeted by their own existence. Beyond Our Bodies means that our bodies do not solely define who we are as members of this universe. Often we are artists, musicians, dancers and magick. We are more than our bodies, we are multidimensional in every way possible.
