Spirit Travel TTS (Serengeti) by Nyugen E. Smith
Nyugen E. Smith
Spirit Travel TTS (Serengeti), 2018
22 x 24 in.
Photograph and digital collage. Archival on Epson cold pressed cotton rag paper.
No. 3 in edition of 5.
Starting Price: $2,000
About the Work
This work, "Spirit Travel Through Time and Space (Serengeti)" began with a self-portrait digitally collaged over an edited photo taken by the artist in the Serengeti plains. The two images were then superimposed on an image sourced on the internet using the search term, "Sirius B". It is printed using archival ink on epson cold-pressed cotton rag paper.
About the Artist
Nyugen E. Smith is an artist and performer who explores the historical and contemporary conditions of the global African diaspora. Since 2005, he has been working on Bundlehouse, an expansive and multidisciplinary project that was first inspired by the architecture of refugee camps. Smith’s BundlehouseFS Mini sculptures are composed of accumulated found objects and were born from the artist’s practice of constructing larger, ephemeral structures. In addition to recalling temporary architecture, they also reference nkisi, powerful sculptural objects from Central Africa whose spirit is activated through a process of accretion. The banner-like Bundlehouse Borderlines No. 6 ( _emembe_ ) is from a larger series of paintings which explore both real and (re)imagined maps of the Caribbean islands. In the case of_emembe_,the image reflects the island of Ayti, modern-day Hispaniola, turned 90 degrees.