As she prepares for a solo show with Gallery 90220, Delaney George reflects on her inspiration: powerful Black women.
A Black female warrior, drenched in blood, holds a sword. Chain mail hangs from her head. She’s there one second and gone the next.
“I’m constantly being inspired by the essence of Black women and their femininity,” she says. “Black women are fine art.”George says she often envisions herself in her photography, seeking to “walk in my power” alongside her subjects. That goes for “The King Is Dead.” While the piece is “set” in the Middle Ages, when most Black women were repressed , she depicted her subject as a powerful figure.
“Growing up with that spiritual presence around has really transferred over into my practice, not only because I’m displaying powerful, feminine figures, but I think the essence of a powerful, feminine figure followed me as I grew up as a kid and throughout my whole life,” she says. “Every time I see a Black person walk up on this picture at Frieze, their reaction and their happiness, and their joy of it being there is just so warming for me,” she says.
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