seventeen

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In this grouping, found objects and drawings are removed from their original contexts and reassembled into new narratives. Salvaged, they form altars, messages to guide the missing, paths through twilight worlds. These works are about transformation, about hidden malice, about loss.

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All work by Kenya

hysteria
Kenya Smith
24" x 36", acrylic on canvas, found objects
the loved one
Kenya Smith
12" x 12" x 2", wooden display case, polymer clay, acrylic, found objects
slippage
Kenya Smith
11" x 14" x 3", mixed media, found objects, synthetic hair, wooden display case.
mother
Kenya Smith
6" x 8" x 7", mixed media, found objects, wooden chest.
seventeen
Kenya Smith
10" x 10" x 3", graphite on paper, found objects, wooden display case
of lesser things
Kenya Smith
10" x 10" x 3", found objects, wooden display case
flood
Kenya Smith
20" x 8" x 3", found objects, wooden display case
restitution
Kenya Smith
24" x 36", acrylic on canvas, found objects
offering
Kenya Smith
24" x 36", acrylic on canvas, found objects