Award of Merit, Aliyah Bonnette
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Award of Merit
Aliyah Bonnette, I Feel Your Poison Running Through My Veins, Oil Paint on Quilt, 50″ x 50″ x 4 cm, 2020
This piece is about the feeling you get when you are on your bed scrolling through Instagram and the lack of representation (in terms of black women) morphs a black woman’s idea of beauty and makes them feel ugly.
Aliyah Bonnette, I Feel Your Poison Running Through My Veins, Oil Paint on Quilt, 50″ x 50″ x 4 cm, 2020
This piece is about the feeling you get when you are on your bed scrolling through Instagram and the lack of representation (in terms of black women) morphs a black woman’s idea of beauty and makes them feel ugly.