COLLECTION NAME:
Art and Art History Student Work
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Image File Name:
vrc_20200825_013
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vrc_20200825_013
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Image Record ID:
aahi0021606
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aahi0021606
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Work Title (display):
Gold Cowrie Shell
Image Title:
detail view
Work Description:
Artist Statement: Human Currency is a collection of works that confronts institutional racism in the representation of the cowrie seashell. Each piece addresses a contemporary issue that signifies deep rooted historical practices of slavery, racism, fertility, womanhood, birth, and wealth. The cowrie shell is the symbol of life; Jasmine Abena Colgan uses the shell to share her belief that through womanhood, we will develop the change in the world that is needed today. A simplistic form portrays a beautiful depiction as a metaphor, which is vocalized through the African perspective in artistic material.
Work Dates (display):
2020
Work Dates type:
creation
Work Creator (display):
Jasmine Abena Colgan (born 1989)
Work Creator gender:
female
work_creator_or_agent_gender
female
Work Creator gender
false
Work Creator notes (display):
Written thesis: https://aahvrc.colo
Work Creator UCB affiliation (display):
MFA 2020, Art and Art History
Work Creator memberOf:
Photography (IMAP) student, Art and Art History, CU Boulder
Work Creator memberOf notes:
IMAP: Interdisciplinary Media Arts Practices
Work Subject:
racism
subject
racism
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
cowrie shell
subject
cowrie shell
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
slavery
subject
slavery
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
fertility
subject
fertility
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
race
subject
race
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
wealth
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wealth
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
African diaspora
subject
African diaspora
Work Subject
false
Work Subject:
Ghanatype
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Ghanatype
Work Subject
false
Work Worktype:
prints (visual works)
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prints (visual works)
Work Worktype
false
Work Category (VRC classification):
prints
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prints
Work Category (VRC classification)
false
Work Material and Technique (display):
GhanaType, gold, and cotton
Work Measurements (display):
each 6 in (H) x 8 in (W)
Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
University of Colorado Art Museum
Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
exhibition
Work Location (Geographic) name:
Boulder, Colorado
Image Rights (display):
© Jasmine Abena Colgan
Work Rights (display):
© Jasmine Abena Colgan
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Holding Institution:
University of Colorado Boulder
Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
Subcollection:
Art and Art History Student Work Archive
Collection info and contact:
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