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Tsehai ፀሐይ Sunlight
Tsedaye Makonnen Ethiopian-American
Not on view
The Byzantine and African artworks on display in this exhibition were often made in memory of loved ones or important members of an artist’s community. The names of these artists and their dedications are frequently forgotten or lost from the historical record.
Acknowledging this persistent historical erasure, Tsedaye Makonnen created this light sculpture in remembrance of Anadith Danay Reyes Álvarez; Jismary Alejandra Barboza González; Tori Bowie; Ajike Shantrell Owens; O’Shae Sibley; Mulugeta Gebrekidan; Ta’Kiya Young; Tina Turner; queer, transgender, and nonbinary Ethiopians and Eritreans; and Black people migrating across the Darién Gap, the Mexico-U.S. border, and the Black Mediterranean.
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