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PSYCHOLOGICAL FURNITURE FOR BLACK FOLK: Our capacity to evolve is directly proportional to our willingness to be vulnerable. No living organism evolves without first being vulnerable. This installation is designed as a place of vulnerability and rest for Black Folks who have experienced racial profiling of any kind. They are invited to sit down and face themselves vulnerably as they inhale and exhale affirmations of wholeness.

From Shelby Head

  1. Beyond the Whitewash, July 7, 2023, Living Arts of Tulsa, exhibition video, duration: 5:07 by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Beyond the Whitewash, July 7, 2023, Living Arts of Tulsa, exhibition video, duration: 5:07, 2023

    Visual art, poetry, video, performance, soundscape, sound installation

  2. Am I that Name?, September 22, 2022, Melton Gallery exhibition video, duration: 1:25 by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Am I that Name?, September 22, 2022, Melton Gallery exhibition video, duration: 1:25, 2022

    Mixed Media

  3. La Sierra: Exhibition by Shelby Head, Image 2.

    La Sierra: Exhibition, 2020

    Videos installation

  4. To the nth Power by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    To the nth Power, 2014-15

    paper, LED lights, washers, metal, O-rings

    19 x 19 x 3 in

  5. For a Moment by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    For a Moment, 2014-15

    Paper, LED lights, washers, lightbulb, dowel

    31.5 x 31.5 x 2.25 in

  6. Atonement by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Atonement, 2014-15

    wood, paper, copper flashing, LED lights

    5.5 x 72 x 72 in

  7. Just a Footnote by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Just a Footnote, 2014-15

    Paper, c-clamp, LED lights, bathroom fixture, wood

    40.25 x 32.25 x 5 in

  8. Untitled 2 by Shelby Head, Image 1.

    Untitled 2, 2010

    Paper

    60 x 42 in