Yacine Fall

Lives and works in Washington D.C., DC, USA

Artist statement

My name is Yacine Fall, I am a Muslim Senegalese-Mauritanian American. My connection to my ancestry and my culture is what drives my practice and influences my perspective. I am a multidisciplinary artist concerned with the body: the body as means of creation, as material, and as a lens through which my work can be viewed. My work is political and socially conscious because my body, a black body, is inherently political. The manipulation of the body and how its internal intricacies mirror the environment we experience is a theme I continuously investigate. Our natural environment and the environment which we have built are spaces where aggressive, tense, contained and restricted relationships exist. I have developed a similar kind of relationship with my work. I allow it to manipulate my body and vice versa as a way of building a deeper connection to the material and its history.

Artwork

• UN-LIEN, 2019. 260 feet of handmade burlap rope, 4 bodies, crocheted burlap mat (~5 feet diameter), red clay
• UN-LIEN, 2019. 260 feet of handmade burlap rope, 4 bodies, crocheted burlap mat (~5 feet diameter), red clay
• STRUNG, 2017. 50 lb ceramic sphere, 8 ft welded steel tripod, body, sisal and jute rope
• STRUNG, 2017. 50 lb ceramic sphere, 8 ft welded steel tripod, body, sisal and jute rope
• FED, 2019. 55 porcelain cups, 2 porcelain pitchers, 2 porcelain platters, welded steel spoon (8 ft), jute rope, oat milk, honey, body
• TAUT, 2018. Crocheted white nylon rope and body
• TAUT, 2018. Crocheted white nylon rope and body