Mother Daughter Day (Curation)
Mother Daughter Day
2022
curator + creative director
Selkie is a fanciful, nostalgic, romantic brand that leans into the aesthetic of the 19th century French neoclassical period where the lines blurred between art x life and the female form were part of prestigious cultural discussions. This visual not only inserts the Black female way of being into a Eurocentric space, but also brings to life African Diasporic influences on French neoclassical art + fashion through subtleties like head wraps (worn by Caribbean women during the 19th century and inspired the way French women wrapped their hair in the neoclassical period) to referencing artwork by Afro-Caribbean female artists such as Lorraine O’Grady’s “Art Is..”
Artwork featured by Noahamin Taye
