UMAR RASHID (FROHAWK TWO FEATHERS),
“THE MESSIER OBJECTS. (YOU GET THE GODS YOU DESERVE).
PART 3 OF THE AMERICAS 1795”
March 3-30, 2017
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Zenithing in the time of yeah, it’s all good mostly.” Break the chains! Stele for the coronation of Horace and Isabel, the King and Queen of Harlem., 2017
Acrylic, ink, and photocopy transferred to canvas
60 x 40 in. (152 x 102 cm)
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Ma’atism. The pleasure principle. When laws were stern and justice stood. Ma’at and Isfet, two halves of the whole while everyone else trying to ger paid, get over, or simply stay alive. Twirling silently in space., 2017
Acrylic, ink, and photocopy transferred to canvas
48 x 48 in. (122 x 122 cm)
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Laocoon and Sons. Another Tragedy. Stele for the Battle of Troy. The crushing loss that became victory. Or Zeus vs. Typhon., 2017
Acrylic, ink, and photocopy transferred to canvas
60 x 40 in. (152 x 102 cm)
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The Historical Origin of Diabetes: Or, Black Power/ White Wealth “Suiker.” All of Europe like, “Let’s get it” and everyone else like “nah bruh.”, 2017
Acrylic, ink, and photocopy transferred to canvas
48 x 48 in. (122 x 122 cm)
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Un dimanche après-midi à l’Île de la gouverneurs. Or, Borough Check. The old money don’t want a new world so the Revolution had to get sabotaged somehow. Murder was the case. And Horus wept. 1793., 2016
Acrylic, ink, and mica flake on canvas
44 x 66 in. (112 x 168 cm)
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Jocasta, steward of New Thebes. A Portrait of tragedy and triumph with gold brushed on to hide the bruise. Messier no. 65, 2017
Acrylic, ink, and pyrite flakes on paper mounted to canvas
36 in. diameter (91 cm)
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Isabel, Queen of Harlem. The good mother we all wished we had. Messier no. 41., 2017
Ink, tea, and coffee on paper mounted to canvas
30 x 22 in. (76 x 56 cm)
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Horace, King of Harlem. Messier Object 125 and Lennox, 2017
Ink, tea, and coffee on paper mounted to canvas
30 x 22 in. (76 x 56 cm)
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Jeroen the Just, Pharaoh of Novum Eboracum and Harlem. Messier by the Object., 2017
Ink, tea, and coffee on paper mounted to canvas
30 x 22 in. (76 x 56 cm)
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Flag of the Kingdom of Harlem. Residence of Ogun and Shango., 2017
Cotton
64 x 36 in. (163 x 91 cm)
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Flavius Aetius, brigadier general of the Army of the North River, 2017
Acrylic and ink on panel
10 x 8 in. (25 x 20 cm)
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Tisiphone of The Furies., 2017
Acrylic and ink on panel
10 x 8 in. (25 x 20 cm)
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Majestic, successor to Supreme of the Axes of Ogun, 2017
Acrylic and ink on panel
10 x 8 in. (25 x 20 cm)
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Red Arm of the Huron Empire, 2017
Acrylic and ink on panel
10 x 8 in. (25 x 20 cm)
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Gayle can survive an apocalypse. She is just that good., 2017
Acrylic and ink on panel
10 x 8 in. (25 x 20 cm)
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Alecto, leader of the Furies, 2017
Acrylic and ink on panel
10 x 8 in. (25 x 20 cm)
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Let’s go uptown! Map of the Bartican Kingdom of Harlem., 2017
Acrylic and ink on panel
14 x 11 in. (36 x 28 cm)
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Novum Eboracum (New York), 2017
Acrylic and ink on panel
11 x 14 in. (28 x 36 cm)
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River People, 2017
Hydrocal plaster and pigment
14 x 5 x 3 in. (36 x 13 x 8 cm)
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Ogun/ Shango canopic jar, 2017
Hydrocal plaster and pigment
12 x 6 x 12 in. (30 x 15 x 30 cm)
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125 R.I.P. H and I on the saddening occasion of their assassination Beauty in the hideous. Or, They say money’s the root of all evil but I can’t tell you know what I mean, pesos, francs, yens, cowrie shells, dollar bills. , 2017
Cowrie shells on leather and cow rawhide 47 x 36 inches (119.38 x 91.44 cm)