Piss
2019
Tschabalala Self
American, born 1990
Contemporary Art
Piss depicts a moment of lighthearted mischief in which two men keep watch over their friend, who turns his head toward the viewer as he urinates into the blue void. Tschabalala Self conjures a fantastical vision of everyday Harlem, where she grew up, through figures that defy expectations of the human body. The exaggerated forms and painted and sewn fabric scraps imbue the work with a peculiar sense of reality. Throughout her practice, Self engages with the visual languages of Blackness and otherness, allowing the two to exist on their own terms and imagining liberated means of existing in the world.
- Maker/Artist
- Tschabalala Self
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- Painted canvas, fabric, oil, acrylic, flashe, and gouache on canvas
- Dimensions
- 68 × 50 in. (172.7 × 127.0 cm)
- Departments
- Contemporary Art
- Accession Number
- 2020.15
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Dean Collection
- Rights Statement
- © artist or artist's estate
- Museum Location
- This item is not on view
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