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Drawing and Painting

Kennedy Jolene

The Art of Eight Limbs IV

Painting
2025
The Art of Eight Limbs is a series of paintings exploring the cultural conquest of "Oriental" systems of knowledge.

“Existing in the space between sport and art, I examine Muay Thai as a means of exploring the sociopolitical tensions present between diaspora and homeland. ”

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The Art of Eight Limbs IV
The Art of Eight Limbs IV

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Kennedy Jolene

painter

“Responding to the issue of cultural conquest, my work explores the effect that the post-colonial condition has on the personal experience of culture. I unite the experiences of diaspora and homeland...” [More]