Nicole David
Audre’s Jouissance
Painting
2025
Oil on canvas
24 x 36 inches
Named after the great poet and feminist Audre Lorde, this figure gestures to a Black woman’s pursuit of finding pleasure in the light, not the shadows. She reflects a new possibility for the erotic as Audre represents a desire to smell, touch, see, hear and taste the pleasures of fusing all aspects of oneself.

Work by
Nicole David
Drawing & Painting
“My work is about desire. The strange and murky landscape of desire. The loose threads of historical, cultural, social, political and emotional experiences that become entangled with the white,...” [More]