Friday, November 27, 2020

Artist Yung Yemi #BuyBlackFriday #BlackOwnedFriday

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Support black artists this Black Friday!

Adeyemi Adegbesan, who goes by the moniker Yung Yemi, makes really gorgeous Afro-futuristic portraits. There are affordable prints and posters for sale on his site.

Adeyemi Adegbesan is a Toronto based photographic artist whose practice aims to examine the intersectionality of black identity. Reflecting on blackness through pre-colonial – colonial – present day and future timelines, across regions, religions, varying levels of income, and political lines; Adegbesan interrogates the dichotomy of the richness of black experiences with the imposed societal homogeneity of ‘Blackness’. Through his work Adegbesan pulls from these varying elements to create Afro-futuristic portraits that embody history, future, and culture all in one.

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