ARTIST STATEMENT
LIGHT is a series celebrating African American women with darker skin tones, showcasing them in bright clothing and lipstick to challenge the stigma I grew up with: “You’re too dark to wear bright colors!” This harmful belief, rooted in both internal and external racism within the African American community, suggests that darker skin is inferior. By highlighting these women in vibrant colors, I aim to reclaim the narrative and empower Black women to embrace what we’ve been told not to wear.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Best known for her conscious African American identity photography work Tye Moores delves into the unknown of the culture varying from textured hair, dialect, and colorism. Influenced by the current state of racism and the events that followed in America she writes her own narrative of what Black beauty is. She pairs part of her work with striking colors in fashion to discuss dated thoughts on skin color while others visualize a snapshot style in black and white with humor as the intro to educate on the latest slang . Creating art from her experiences along with doing public relations, directing, and production work, growing up on the west side of Chicago, Moores’ wants to continuously affect and “introduce the black side of fine art” to her peers that she feels was absent in her youth.
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