Mistress and Slave

Stacey Tyrell

born 1978

Mistress and Slave, 2018

Where object was made: North and Central America

Material/technique: inkjet print; aluminum composite panel

Credit line: Museum purchase: R. Charles and Mary Margaret Clevenger Art Acquisition Fund

Accession number: 2024.0132

On display: Simons Gallery

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Bold Women

In this staged portrait, using makeup and photoshop, artist Stacey Tyrell poses as both “mistress” and “slave.” The contrast of the two women she portrays calls attention to the ways people perform their identities and urges us to consider the implied power dynamics. The artist explores the complex hybridities of race and histories of the Caribbean Diaspora in relation to structures of power like capitalism, colonialism, and race as a social construct.