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The inspiration behind creating the quilted collage squares are the textiles in African culture fabrics. I’ve been interested in specially the symbols, language, and meaning of Africa. Trying to find the connection between that and being an African american. I was taking a couple of art classes and reading books so, within the process of learning new techniques I’ve put together quite a collection of papers and decided to put together what I learned in the class, books and what I know of the culture from a distance on one substrate. I wanted to feel the essence of Africa culture representing it through color, pattern, symbols, stories, history... and so on. I’m grabbing hold of things that isn’t automatically associated with negativity and slave history.
Paper on Canvas
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10.5 W x 10.5 H x 0.3 D in
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Victoria Roberts is an artist currently based in Georgia originally from St Louis, Mo. She has a background in Fine Art and Photography. Her other skills are bookmaking, jewelry, home installations and wood burning (pyrography). She aims to show the emotional side of African American culture, perspectives, and experiences. She wants her collectors to really feel her paintings. Allowing them to question where it may be deriving from, and becoming emotionally and consciously aware. Victoria was the first person in her family to come to terms with mental health and to seek therapy. Being a sensitive person to others energies, and allowing herself to feel she would often questioned the narrative of why mental health is as only “for” the Anglo people. Throughout her work she promotes mental health and emotional awareness by leaving little seeds of African history, culture or language in her work. She would often be envious of those that spoke their native language as well as English. Initially aiming to break some of the generational curses that she found not only in her family but in others also. The disconnect, the lack of emotional intelligence that she experiences first hand and on the outside looking in. All of which resides in the trauma of the past to present knowingly and unknowingly, which she hopes to reflect in her work.
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