PATRISSE CULLORS (B. 1983) Expansion, 2023

PATRISSE CULLORS (B. 1983) Expansion, 2023 signed (on the reverse) gold plated cowrie shells and vintage mud cloth 23 x 20 in. 58.4 x 50.8 cm. Footnotes: Provenance Courtesy of the artist and Charlie James Gallery, Los Angeles Exhibited Los Angeles, Charlie James Gallery, Freedom Portals, 4 March-15 April 2023 Artist statement: Patrisse Cullors (b. 1983, Los Angeles, CA) is a New York Times bestselling author, educator, artist, and abolitionist from Los Angeles, CA. Her work has been featured at The Broad, The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Frieze LA, The Hammer Museum, The Fowler and a host of theaters, galleries, and museums across the globe. Patrisse has won numerous awards for her art and activism. In 2020 she launched a one of its kind online MFA program at Prescott college. She also launched the Crenshaw Dairy Mart with fellow artists Noé Olivas and Ali Reza Dorriz. Her current work and practice is focusing on 'Abolitionist Aesthetics,' a term she has advanced and popularized to help challenge artists and cultural workers to aestheticize abolition. She has recently founded The Center For Art and Abolition- a trailblazing nonprofit organization dedicated to empowering abolitionist artists and leveraging the transformative power of art to catalyze social change. Patrisse's mission is to invite all of us to grow towards abolition through intergenerational healing work that centers love, collective care, and art. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing