Blur 23

Sandra Brewster

born 1973

Blur 23, 2021

Material/technique: gel transfer; wove paper

Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 98.3 x 85.8 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 99.3 x 85.8 cm
Frame Dimensions (Height x Width x Depth): 42.00 x 36.75 x 2.25 in
Weight (Weight): 18 lbs

Credit line: Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2024.0128

On display: Perkins Central Court

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Bold Women

A first-generation Canadian born to Guyanese parents, Sandra Brewster grounds her practice in portraying people of the Caribbean diaspora, often depicting subjects in motion and deliberately obfuscating their identities. In this photograph from Brewster’s Blur series, the figure is moving, as if displaced from one geography to another, refusing to be pinned down by race, gender, or temporality. Because Brewster prevents viewers from seeing who is portrayed, this work has been referred to as an anti-portrait.