Connected to lively patterns and words such as “truth” and “love”, Simone Elizabeth Saunders Investigates black identity in relation to kinship, power and survival. Her hand -tufted textile (previously) merging cultural stories and history with mythology, nostalgia and personal experiences.
Saunders focuses primarily on women, whom she portrays in daring portraits and within fantastic, empowerment scenarios. In recent works such as “girl with butterflies” and “she manifests her destination”, embracing and communicating figures with totem -like snakes, insects and plants.
Worteld In the countless history of global black diaspora and rich textile traditions in countless cultures, Saunders uses a traditional technique that is historically banned to a role “under” visual arts to run the tables on how we understand influence, identity and artistic expression.
Saunders is represented by Claire Oliver GalleryAnd you can explore more work on the artist Instagram.
