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Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
Size: 84 W x 66 H x 0.1 D in
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Nafisat sat in a lush field in the countryside of Rerinia. The grass smelled so green and fresh, and a Gentle Breeze gently caressed her skin. She was here to perform the Ceremony of the Balloons. Over the past couple of weeks, she had been actively working on loving herself, putting herself first and healing. And now she finally felt ready to feel Lighter. She filled each balloon with her past hurts, her heart breaks, her saddest and weakest moment, and all the time she felt hopeless and even suicidal. She walked all over the field filling up many balloons and as she filled them, they quickly sank to the ground like a brick. When she was finally done, she chanted the Sacred Hymn of Release and at once the balloons began to rise up from the ground and soon, they were blown away by the Gentle Breeze. Nafisat looked up at the pastel color sky and smiled. - Abi Salami Salami's works are in a modern day surrealist style, giving the viewer the sense of an alternate universe. René Magritte with soul. Abi positions her female African American subjects in a distant realm where one can heal and grow, safe from societal pressures. Her pleasing pastels calms the mind and body while she speaks about heavy subjects such as mental health & rehabilitation not often addressed in her culture. Her works show us the power of healing while simultaneously celebrating Black Joy.
Painting:Acrylic on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:84 W x 66 H x 0.1 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Not applicable
Packaging:Ships Rolled in a Tube
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Abi Salami is a self-taught artist who creates large-scale surrealist works that explore her experiences as a Nigerian immigrant and Black woman in the United States. Through the use of a personal visual lexicon made up of symbols, she explores topics such as memory, mental health and race. Based in Dallas, Texas, she earned a Masters in Professional Accounting from the University of Texas at Austin and worked in Corporate America for almost a decade before committing to painting full-time. Since then, she has gone on to exhibiting in Dallas and across the United States including at The Women’s Museum, the African American Museum of Art in Dallas, Band of Vices Gallery in Los Angeles and Field Projects in New York City. She was the winner of the 2021 Hopper Prize. She was selected as a candidate of the Saatchi Art 2020 Rising Stars under 35 Class and a 2021 New Voices Top 100 Artists. She and her work have been featured on the Washington Post, New York Times, Artland, Artsy, D Magazine, Glasstire and Patron Magazine.
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