About the work
6’ x 9’ x 8”, Steel Cut-out steel figures, feathers, hands, and geometric patterning comprise the intricate, lacy steel elements of this large-scale wall installation. Many of the steel shapes came from among scrap and outtakes from my previous work. The word negelan is a pun on the bamanankan [one of the languages spoken in Mali] word bogolan: "bogo" is the word for clay; "nege" is the word for metal. By using bogolan patterning in metal, my piece becomes negelan. Negelan is in the permanent collection of the American Embassy in Bamako, Mali.
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