Mikael Owunna
4 Queer African Women in the Snow

4 Queer African Women in the Snow

© 2017 Mikael Owunna

4 Queer African Women in the Snow
4 Queer African Women in the Snow
ArtistAmerican, born 1990
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • 4 Queer African Women in the Snow
  • from the series Limitless Africans
Date2017, printed 2020
MediumChromogenic print
DimensionsImage: 24 × 36 in. (60.9 × 91.4 cm)
Sheet: 24 3/4 × 36 3/4 in. (62.9 × 93.3 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by John A. MacMahon
Object number2020.345
Not on view

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Department
Photography
Object Type
Description


Exploring the endlessly complex terrain of identity and community, Mikael Owunna’s series Limitless Africans depicts the nuanced identities of queer African immigrants living in the United States. “I grew up as a queer Nigerian immigrant, feeling totally isolated and alone. So being able to produce an image that explored this idea of community—of people coming together, particularly in a cityscape as beautiful as this one—was transformative. Healing, even. That theme echoes across the series: how do we heal, having been told that we cannot be both queer and African, that we cannot exist, that we do not deserve to belong?”



ProvenanceThe artist, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; purchased by MFAH, 2020.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscribed in black marker, recto, bottom left below image: 3/10
Inscribed in black marker, recto, bottom right below image: 3-10 [?]

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