Passing (for) Human #1 to #55
ink and acrylics on paper and canvas, 2022 - 2023
10 x 15cm
Part of the Weightbearer body of work that emerged at Cité internationale des arts in Paris, Passing (for) Human consists of dozens of small format and miniature paintings, made during and after watching passersby along the banks of the Seine during the Pandemic and the beginning of the war in Ukraine.
Meditations in an Emergency
(Cameron Awkward-Rich)
I wake up & it breaks my heart. I draw the blinds & the thrill of rain breaks my heart. I go outside. I ride the train, walk among the buildings, men in Monday suits. The flight of doves, the city of tents beneath the underpass, the huddled mass, old women hawking roses, & children all of them, break my heart. There’s a dream I have in which I love the world. I run from end to end like fingers through her hair. There are no borders, only wind. Like you, I was born. Like you, I was raised in the institution of dreaming. Hand on my heart. Hand on my stupid heart.
