# Project Description

Crush Works

Lola Collins

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Currently, my practice investigates the possibility of form and space, and their relationship to my experience as a Black femme moving through the world. I center the historical, the social, and the temporal, always.

In my paintings, sculpture, public work, and performance, I am interested in the process of building. To me, building centers de-construction, and re-construction. I do this building process literally or metaphorically within my practice, and sometimes they occur simultaneously. I am interested in this process because it mirrors Black life, and the ways in which those in the Black diaspora rebuild their identities daily in order to re-frame pasts, presents, and futures that truly represent who they are.

Currently, my practice investigates the possibility of form and space, and their relationsh...

College Chelsea College of Arts

Course MA Fine Art

Graduation year 2023

An investigation into infinite forms and gestures. In my ongoing series, Crush Works, the paintings take on a sculptural form. What kind of life can paintings live outside of their normal presentation? These have no final form, and are constantly changing.

Final work

Crush Work 1 (I'm not perfect, but I'm loved)

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An investigation into infinite forms and gestures. In my ongoing series, Crush Works, the paintings take on a sculptural form. What kind of life can paintings live outside of their normal presentation? These have no final form, and are constantly changing.

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