Mourning Weaves #2

Angela Hennessy, artist

Mourning Weaves #2, 2024

Portfolio/Series title: Griefkeepers

Material/technique: imitation hair

Credit line: Museum purchase: Peter T. Bohan Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2024.0135

On display: Perkins Central Court

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Angela Hennessy is a survivor of gun violence who lectures nationally on aesthetic and social practices that mediate the boundaries between the living and the dead. This work in the shape of a hair locket arranges braided hair almost like plants or a family portrait. In a time of race- and gender-based violence, Hennessy urges us to grieve our many personal and cultural losses, both past and present, so that future generations will not have to.