Kameo Chambers, Black Girl as Material, 2024, Screenprinted Acrylic on Kilnformed Glass, 4 in x 4.5 in x 8.5 in
Kameo Chambers, Black Girl as Material, 2024, Screenprinted Acrylic on Kilnformed Glass, 4 in x 4.5 in x 8.5 in
Kameo Chambers, Black Girl as Material, 2024, Screenprinted Acrylic on Kilnformed Glass, 4 in x 4.5 in x 8.5 in (detailed view)
Kameo Chambers, Black Girl as Material, 2024, Screenprinted Acrylic on Kilnformed Glass, 4 in x 4.5 in x 8.5 in (detailed view)
Kameo Chambers, Black Girl as Material, 2024, Screenprinted Acrylic on Kilnformed Glass, 4 in x 4.5 in x 8.5 in (detailed view)
Kameo Chambers, Black Girl as Material, 2024, Screenprinted Acrylic on Kilnformed Glass, 4 in x 4.5 in x 8.5 in (detailed view)
Black Girl as Material
2024
Screenprinted Acrylic on Kilnformed Glass
4 in x 4.5 in x 8.5 in
Black Girl as Material confronts the colonial spectacle and materiality of Black womanhood. Shaped as a house and screenprinted with Sarah Baartman’s 1819 anatomical depiction, the work interrogates how history informs the contemporary treatment of Black women’s bodies. By reclaiming this surveilled and distorted narrative, the piece examines the enduring legacy of medical racism and dehumanization, transforming a site of oppression into one of reflection and empowerment.
How does history continue to inform how we treat Black women's bodies today? What does it mean to reclaim a narrative and image that has been surveilled, controlled, and distorted for centuries?​​​​​​​