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R.I.P. Germain
CJ (Keeping Up Appearances), 2022
silicone skin flag, black chrome metal clamps, gold grommets, braided platinum blonde and dark brown synthetic hair, hair beads, brown rubber band, blue bomber cake soap, wax block, glass tumbler, thug passion cocktail (louis roederer cristal vintage and alizé gold passion liqueur), ice cubes, c-type print, black anodised aluminium and twill carbon black twaron frame, royal castle plastic bag, salvation army blanket, shoelaces, l2a3 sterling mk4 submachine gun
About R.I.P. Germain
R.I.P. Germain’s practice traffics in double meanings, deep resonances and a tension between accessibility and occlusion. Trickster and guide, he tries to dance a fine line: making work that speaks to deep truths without cheapening them with explanations or flattening them out for easy consumption. Sedimented with layers dense with cultural meaning and reference, the extensive research undergirding R.I.P. Germain’s work draws from multiple genres of Black experience, history and culture - personal and collective, seeking to make art that is rigorous about his commitments and possibilities as a Black artist.
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