Artist Statement My work is a commentary on the concept behind "black" within American society. This series detextualizes the ideas behind the white gaze by comparing it with the duality of the black experience. The dehumanization layered within police brutality is displayed through a series of materials depicting different aspects of this issue. My work uses the language of media, culture and biblical relationships that demonstrate racial stereotypes along with classicism and American history. This series was decided into 6 different pieces to fully analyze the idea of what "black" means and is perceived. My material choices hint towards the loss and past of the substance to create different reads depending on the audience's cultural view of the material's value.
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Biography
Myah Darby is a young artist born June 6th of 1997 in Savannah, Georgia, which is where she currently resides. She is a student at Alfred University and is finishing her 4th and final year. Before her time in college Myah Volunteered for 4 yeas with Savannah Clay Spot till 2015 and helped kids aged 8 through 14 with the pottery wheel and hand building however her interest in Sculpture did not stop with ceramics. Within Myah’s time in college she has worked with glass, wood, wax, metal, paper, found objects, performance and video. During Myah’s second year of college she worked in the Foundry, learning the process and functioning of furnaces and assisted with Metal pours and kiln loading. In her college years, she has worked with three different types of kilns; glass, metal and ceramic.