Mama's Always Watching
Item
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Title
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Mama's Always Watching
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Rights
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D'Angelo Lovell Williams, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Fair Use.
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Creator
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D'Angelo Lovell Williams (1992-)
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Date
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2017
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Description
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Williams (he/they/she) centers their work in portrait photography on the intersections of Black and queer experience, and this self-portrait is no exception. Williams sits in an armchair, staring into the distance with one leg propped on the chair and one hand casually pointing toward their groin. They wear a white tank top and presumably no pants. On the wallpapered wall above them hands a portrait of a young woman, that one can assume is their mother, and a candlestick. Below the portrait and to the left of Williams is a small table with a light blue vase or urn atop it. Their relaxed stance and bare feet betray the tension in their arms and distant stare, implying a conflict of emotions.
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Format
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Inkjet print. Image: 49.5 x 33 cm (19 1/2 x 13 in.); Paper: 54.4 x 37.5 cm (21 7/16 x 14 3/4 in.)
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Publisher
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. 2020.279
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Contributor
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Max Schrader
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Subject
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gay; Black; family; family home; mom; mama; mother; chair; corner; house; African American
Mama's Always Watching