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Sorghum / Castor Detail Azul, Hamburg Imagine the City
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Die Verhüllung (statues of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama on the Kornhausbrücke in Hamburg, Germany), 2021.
Photos by Laura Leglise, courtesy of Imagine the City
Joiri Minaya
Sorghum / Millet, 2026Gouache on Yupo Paper14 x 11 inches
15 1/16 x 12 1/16 inches framedJM055Copyright The ArtistFurther images
This painting is a vertical iteration of the Sorghum / Millet, 2021 that is within the pattern for Die Verhüllung (statues of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama on the...This painting is a vertical iteration of the Sorghum / Millet, 2021 that is within the pattern for Die Verhüllung (statues of Christopher Columbus and Vasco da Gama on the Kornhausbrücke in Hamburg, Germany), 2021.
"For Die Verhüllung in Hamburg, Germany, a design of castor and millet plants, believed to protect the Maji Maji Rebels against the Germans in Tanzania in 1905, covers a statue of Vasco da Gama, while aloe and sansevaria (two important plants in afro-diasporic spiritual beliefs) crossed like spears cover Columbus." - Joiri Minaya32of 32
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