Art on Hulfish: The Ten Commandments of Ren茅e Cox
The Ten Commandments of Ren茅e Cox explores motherhood, liberation, isolation, self-realization, and joy through the four-decade career of Ren茅e Cox. The artist, born in 1960 in Colgate, Jamaica, and active in New York, works across a range of media using her own body鈥攊n different guises and provocative states of dress and undress鈥攖o celebrate Black womanhood, occupy multiple identities and realities, and deconstruct historical stereotypes. From her first self-portrait in 1980 to her most recent work, Cox investigates sexism, the racially dehumanizing commodification of the Black body, gender fluidity, and the power of Afrofuturism. The artist invites viewers to join her as she 鈥渦nleashes the potential of the ordinary and brings it into a new realm of possibilities."
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The Ten Commandments of Ren茅e Cox explores motherhood, liberation, isolation, self-realization, and joy through the four-decade career of Ren茅e Cox. The artist, born in 1960 in Colgate, Jamaica, and active in New York, works across a range of media using her own body鈥攊n different guises and provocative states of dress and undress鈥攖o celebrate Black womanhood, occupy multiple identities and realities, and deconstruct historical stereotypes. From her first self-portrait in 1980 to her most recent work, Cox investigates sexism, the racially dehumanizing commodification of the Black body, gender fluidity, and the power of Afrofuturism. The artist invites viewers to join her as she 鈥渦nleashes the potential of the ordinary and brings it into a new realm of possibilities."
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