Sandy Clafford, "The Queen of Diamonds - Shining on you Hoes"
$900, Mixed medium, 11”x14”, 2021.
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist statement
Reimagining the Renaissance to include representation of the Black figure in the 21st century. Producing a historical framework for the most marginalized group of people and taking back the narrative. The catalyst for this body of work is the erasure of Black history and lack of representation.
Artist bio
Sandy Clafford is an artist living in New York City. She is an interdisciplinary visual artist and under the moniker, “The Queen’s Artillery” draws upon her Afro-Latino experiences to create work that explores and reflects - the regal and empowered elements - of her personality. Her artwork is formed with an arsenal of modern to traditional tools ranging from rendering, collage, and photography. Clafford’s use of defiance as a point of exploration permits more understanding of the complex duality of being both an Afro Latin-American and Black woman. She creates against constraints by challenging the structures that femininity and Blackness are confined. The message of her work speaks to a spirit of rebellion influenced by an upbringing in Brooklyn, examining and expressing visual themes portraying Black people in a way that defies the system or a society that often defines blackness as minor or insignificant.
$900, Mixed medium, 11”x14”, 2021.
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist statement
Reimagining the Renaissance to include representation of the Black figure in the 21st century. Producing a historical framework for the most marginalized group of people and taking back the narrative. The catalyst for this body of work is the erasure of Black history and lack of representation.
Artist bio
Sandy Clafford is an artist living in New York City. She is an interdisciplinary visual artist and under the moniker, “The Queen’s Artillery” draws upon her Afro-Latino experiences to create work that explores and reflects - the regal and empowered elements - of her personality. Her artwork is formed with an arsenal of modern to traditional tools ranging from rendering, collage, and photography. Clafford’s use of defiance as a point of exploration permits more understanding of the complex duality of being both an Afro Latin-American and Black woman. She creates against constraints by challenging the structures that femininity and Blackness are confined. The message of her work speaks to a spirit of rebellion influenced by an upbringing in Brooklyn, examining and expressing visual themes portraying Black people in a way that defies the system or a society that often defines blackness as minor or insignificant.
$900, Mixed medium, 11”x14”, 2021.
Price does not include shipping. Contact info@collarworks.org for a shipping estimate.
Artist statement
Reimagining the Renaissance to include representation of the Black figure in the 21st century. Producing a historical framework for the most marginalized group of people and taking back the narrative. The catalyst for this body of work is the erasure of Black history and lack of representation.
Artist bio
Sandy Clafford is an artist living in New York City. She is an interdisciplinary visual artist and under the moniker, “The Queen’s Artillery” draws upon her Afro-Latino experiences to create work that explores and reflects - the regal and empowered elements - of her personality. Her artwork is formed with an arsenal of modern to traditional tools ranging from rendering, collage, and photography. Clafford’s use of defiance as a point of exploration permits more understanding of the complex duality of being both an Afro Latin-American and Black woman. She creates against constraints by challenging the structures that femininity and Blackness are confined. The message of her work speaks to a spirit of rebellion influenced by an upbringing in Brooklyn, examining and expressing visual themes portraying Black people in a way that defies the system or a society that often defines blackness as minor or insignificant.