See Me

2022-2023

See Me contemplates how Black people respond to dynamics of (in)visibility while navigating the dehumanizing systems of racialized surveillance and gentrification. This series assesses the objectification of Black people, amplifying their agency by way of what the artist refers to as the “Black Gaze”. Rather than being reduced to bodies that are surveilled, consumed, and discarded, Mans’ figures look defiantly out onto the world – confronting, questioning, and challenging the viewer. The artist’s intentional use of monochrome throughout the series speaks to the question of Black erasure/ hypervisibility – examining how Blackness is constructed within power structures.

The Kind of Quiet that Gathers Lightning

Mixed media collage on canvas

18 x 24 inches

2022

My Brother, My Mirror

Mixed media collage on wood panel

48 x 36 inches

2022