THE BELLE AND BELLE JET SERIES
The Belle and Belle Jet Series investigates identity through portraiture. Wimbley integrates self portraiture with images of her grandmother, great grandmother, and other relatives dating back to the early 1900’s and historical stereographic and cabinet card images of Native, African, and African American women. References begin to shift between both photographic images from the turn of the century to popular culture printed images (such as JET Magazine’s “Beauties of the Week”), investigating both shifts in time, ideology, and representation- capturing the nuances of identity development, conceptualization, and intersectionality.
The merging of multigenerational representations through photography and printed media in conjunction with painting and drawing exposes the nuances of inherited ideals and beliefs about how we construct self.
Digital collage, graphite, pastel, charcoal on paper
65 in x 35 in
C print on Canvas 24 in x 36 in
C print on Canvas 24 in x 36 in
C print on Canvas 24 in x 36 in
Digital collage, graphite, pastel, charcoal on paper
65 in x 35 in
