'Peacock Flower' by Maya Simms

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Dimensions (HxWxD):

242 × 119 × 1 cm

Materials:

Oil paint on annatto seed dyed canvas

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Painting

Extra Large
2023
Signed on Back
Ready to display
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'Peacock flower' is a continuation of my research on the use of enslaved females’ autonomy in Jamaica, as a means to continue on the cycle of slave produced products, specifically sugar. Focusing on the female experience and how its echoes in today’s history on female reproductive rights and treatment of black women in healthcare. The unending connection between England and Jamaica and the figures who profited from the exploitation of black bodies and land. Even today in the extraction of natural resources. The work speaks on stories and realities which can resonate with those who are ancestrally connected, but also to the collective experience of the Global Majority in the continued exploitation to the benefit of the few. The female autonomy, the right to have the choice, the battles and histories that permeate currently in the political landscape of the womb. Being used yet again as a way to control.

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