Awol Erizku Ethiopian-American, 1988
The Last Tears of the Deceased, 2021
Digital chromatic print
106.7 x 76.2 cm. (42 x 30 in.)
Edition of 3 + 2 AP
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Originally exhibited as part of Erizku’s New Visions for Iris exhibition with the Public Art Fund, The Last Tears of the Deceased (2021) sees Erizku’s distinctive visual language emerge from...
Originally exhibited as part of Erizku’s New Visions for Iris exhibition with the Public Art Fund, The Last Tears of the Deceased (2021) sees Erizku’s distinctive visual language emerge from thoughtful, contemplative underpinnings into layered, colourful, and striking photographs.
Erizku highlights the paradoxes of how hybrid identities are treated within American society. His bold and vibrant images contain evocative juxtapositions and compositions with highly saturated colours that call to mind the improvisational expressiveness and poetic nuance of his adopted forefathers: David Hammons, Sun Ra, Miles Davis, Kobe Bryant, Nas, and others.
Erizku highlights the paradoxes of how hybrid identities are treated within American society. His bold and vibrant images contain evocative juxtapositions and compositions with highly saturated colours that call to mind the improvisational expressiveness and poetic nuance of his adopted forefathers: David Hammons, Sun Ra, Miles Davis, Kobe Bryant, Nas, and others.