Interactions Installation

Installed at the 2020 Bermuda Biennial

Interactions Mixed media collage

2020

72 x 120 x 6 in.

Gherdai Hassell’s mixed media artwork celebrates the black female figure. Exploring ideas about representation, perception, identity creation, and childhood, her vibrant collages capture and center the gaze. The eyes of her figures are an access for viewers and a veil or protection: a safe space for the women to exist. 

The collages are avatars, an exploration of self through various materials, which suggest that identity should be self-determined and understood. I employ multimedia to communicate the complexity of being myself, out of context.