Clout Chasin'
2023 · Cotton; woven on a Jacquard power loom; hand applied glass beads
213.4 × 155 cm (84 × 61 in.)
Art Institute of Chicago
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Qualeasha Wood
American, 1996
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Qualeasha Wood weaves tapestries that place Black women at the center of internet culture, translating the visual grammar of digital spaces, memes, and online self-presentation into hand-woven textile form. The friction between the slow, labor-intensive process of weaving and the disposable speed of web imagery is central to the work's effect. Born in 1996, Wood has emerged as a distinctive voice among a generation of artists reclaiming craft as a site of cultural and political specificity.
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