Black Female Bodies by Shannon Bono

Black female bodies

Shannon Bono - Artist, Central Saint Martins (2019)

‘Female Black Bodies’ 2018 (Collage on paper)

Shannon Bono

Female black bodies relates to the awe of black female culture without acknowledging the individuals. Whilst exposing its beauty and celebrating its form the heads are detached to remove their identity. I have produced this stacked collage of the black female form to push an agenda for further dialogue.

‘Ain’t I A Woman?’ 2018 (Collage on paper)

Shannon Bono

An ode to the Sojourner Truth’s famous speech she delivered in 1851, poetically questioning the position black females hold in society as well as addressing the issues of female inequality and race. Through manipulating the female anatomy to create these words it relates to the mistreatment of black female bodies as well as the community. This collage is also a direct reference to the erotic and political power of the female nude image as Sojourner Truth bared her breasts to a crowd questioning her gender and power as a woman.