chlorophyll print on bannana leaves

hand-sewn skirt

how it feels to be free, 2026

Freda, 2026

double-entendre like in nature

s/p -eeking [for] an escape that did not exist 

what it feels like to be human

found it! 

elsewhere  

everywhere but home 

in a birdcage     a swing     a play   a dance    sheet music [code]   

a venus wearing the fruit of an enslaved laborer

walking in many shoe sizes of those before her

baby of the clef club, surrounded by reds 



Black Venus^ ∞, 2026: Saartje Baartman (left- also known as the Hottentot Venus); Josephine Baker in her infamous banana skirt (middle); Renee Cox’s Hot-En-Tot., 1994. Bottom (L to R): Venus of Willendorf and Greek Goddess Venus

Black Venus^ ∞, 2026: Saartje Baartman (left- also known as the Hottentot Venus); Josephine Baker in her infamous banana skirt (middle); Renee Cox’s Hot-En-Tot., 1994. Bottom (L to R): Venus of Willendorf and Greek Goddess Venus

Freda, 2026: Josephine’s parents, adopted children and various pets (parrot, snake, pig, goat, chimpanzee) whom she called her “Rainbow Tribe”

Freda, 2026: Josephine’s parents, adopted children and various pets (parrot, snake, pig, goat, chimpanzee) whom she called her “Rainbow Tribe”

Zouzou, 2026: stills from Josephine Baker’s Haiti (1934) performance in the French film “Zouzou”

Zouzou, 2026: stills from Josephine Baker’s Haiti (1934) performance in the French film “Zouzou”

Chiquita: Josephine Baker and her pet cheetah, Chiquita collaged with the Chiquita logo from 1944-1947 and from 1947-1960; leaders of the banana plantation strike of 1928 in Columbia; and a banana plantation farmer carrying a comb of bananas.

Chiquita: Josephine Baker and her pet cheetah, Chiquita collaged with the Chiquita logo from 1944-1947 and from 1947-1960; leaders of the banana plantation strike of 1928 in Columbia; and a banana plantation farmer carrying a comb of bananas.