#devonkayne

“yemaya’s whisper”

archived portrait of three igbo women in nigeria circa nineteen twenty, multiple scans of black molasses on cellophane, & paper print of aweng chuol for mugler by dudi hasson. wheat paste graphic on textured canvas, handmade & curated by devon kayne.

“98 acinom benin”

still of monica calhoun from the players club circa nineteen ninety eight, archived side profile of yoruba woman from early eighteen hundreds & a transparent scan of raw cotton. wheat paste graphic on textured canvas, handmade & curated by devon kayne.

archives with @telfarglobal & @timberland.

featuring the wheat mid pull on telfar x timberland boots, interior lining & detailing inside the large black telfar x timberland shopper bag, scans of the ruched elastic handles & tonal seams on the black telfar liquor store plastic bag, silver telfar hoops & an archived portrait of a liberian woman playing an instrument called the saasaa circa nineteen seventy; made from a vine gourd which is dried for several months & covered with loose netting strung with beads or cowries, from the archive background to liberia by micat.

inspired by anthropologist & princess of the vai people of liberia, fatima massaquoi fahbulleh & liberian american designer & founder of telfar; telfar clemens.

wheat paste graphic on textured canvas, handmade & curated by devon kayne.

“anthocyanin”

archived vintage portrait of xl, sixteen separate scans of various species of cowrie shells native to africa: gold ring cowrie, eroded cowrie, lynx cowrie, histrio cowrie, tiger cowrie, money cowrie, caurica cowrie, errones cowrie, ziczac cowrie, fimbriated cowrie, staphylaea cowrie, mole cowrie, map cowrie, nucleus cowrie, chickpea cowrie, labrolineata cowrie & one blood orange.

inspired by anthocyanin, salivation, & the neurochemistry behind lust; specific to the d2 & d4 dopamine receptors.

saint heron x saint heron digital archive library x @anansixstudios.

wheat paste graphic on textured canvas, handmade & curated by devon kayne.

archives with @telfarglobal & @timberland.

featuring the mid black pull on telfar x timberland boots, scans of the ruched elastic handles, tonal seams & interior on the black telfar liquor store plastic bag, the pink telfar jumbo thank you plastic bag, silver telfar hoops & an archived portrait of a two vai women circa nineteen hundreds from the open library smithsonian archive.

inspired by anthropologist & princess of the vai people of liberia, fatima massaquoi fahbulleh & liberian american designer & founder of telfar; telfar clemens.

wheat paste graphic on textured canvas, handmade & curated by devon kayne.

“the quiet trade”

trade standing in the kitchen, transparent scan of camel thorns on the vachellia erioloba; tree native to south africa & page 263 of assata by assata shakur; an affirmation titled “tradition”. wheat paste graphic on textured canvas, handmade & curated by devon kayne.

kinda speechless honestly, was just finishing these pieces this week, so today definitely feels surreal. the entire body of work & visuals for d’angelo’s second album voodoo, is actually what made me even want to pick up a camera or curate visuals in the first place.

a melody so specific in dialect & a demeanor that simply can’t be duplicated. sending so much warmth to imani & morocco. michael, angie, & d’angelo, may the clouds drip molasses & their harmonies reverberate thru the sky.

archived portrait of michael eugene archer x d’angelo, scans of the album art shot by thierry les goués in havana, cuba circa nineteen ninety nine for d’angelo’s voodoo album & a transparent scan of a jar of blue magic.

wheat paste graphic on textured canvas, handmade & curated by devon kayne.

“page two sixty three“

the eerie tillandsia usneoides, a plant native to humid subtropical climates of the deep south, including states specifically like louisiana, mississippi, & arkansas, portrait of winny nzeyimana with make up by kati fierkins, cover of assata by assata shakur, two blood oranges, two black carbon steel machetes, ogogoro libation offering, & sixteen separate scans of various species of cowrie shells native to africa: gold ring cowrie, eroded cowrie, lynx cowrie, histrio cowrie, tiger cowrie, money cowrie, caurica cowrie, errones cowrie, ziczac cowrie, fimbriated cowrie, staphylaea cowrie, mole cowrie, map cowrie, nucleus cowrie, chickpea cowrie, labrolineata cowrie.

inspired by page two sixty three of assata by assata shakur.

saint heron x saint heron digital archive library x @anansixstudios.

wheat paste graphic on textured canvas, handmade & curated by devon kayne.