https://www.aprilbanks.com/rice-riots daily 0.75 2015-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434591434705-85KKLXNVGLJD4ES3E94S/DSC_1102.JPG Rice Riots - Rice Riots time lapse installation. Rice, food color, photos, rice, filment line 48" dia by 10ft tall. 18th Street Art Residency, Santa Monica, CA 2009 In 2008 there was market manipulated "shortage" of rice that severely affected over 30 countries and resulting in rioting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434591434705-85KKLXNVGLJD4ES3E94S/DSC_1102.JPG Rice Riots - Rice Riots time lapse installation. Rice, food color, photos, rice, filment line 48" dia by 10ft tall. 18th Street Art Residency, Santa Monica, CA 2009 In 2008 there was market manipulated "shortage" of rice that severely affected over 30 countries and resulting in rioting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434591626834-O2TH23YCBL21M3JOKSE6/Screen+Shot+2015-06-17+at+6.38.52+PM.png Rice Riots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434591873807-ROZT78624Y793HULH6SS/ice.jpg Rice Riots https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434591745639-KGJMQQPS6DT6W4GDCW28/DSC_1247.JPG Rice Riots https://www.aprilbanks.com/unsung-heros daily 0.75 2020-11-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435096601792-IFJW9HFBALLC9D7MBDDO/Deadwood.jpg Unsung Heros - Unsung Heroes BSide BBQ in Oakland, CA commissioned a series of work for permanent display. Chef and owner, Tanya Holland, wanted to pay homage to Black pioneers to the West, Black Cowboys and the rodeo. The images here are an extension of "re-FABLE" which posits modern day images with those of the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435096601792-IFJW9HFBALLC9D7MBDDO/Deadwood.jpg Unsung Heros - Unsung Heroes BSide BBQ in Oakland, CA commissioned a series of work for permanent display. Chef and owner, Tanya Holland, wanted to pay homage to Black pioneers to the West, Black Cowboys and the rodeo. The images here are an extension of "re-FABLE" which posits modern day images with those of the past. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435095654666-D5372PYV7MQVTHXMAQ78/IMG_4315.JPG Unsung Heros - Unsung Heroes https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435097732080-WAU2DXJXS4GC3M4KSXEH/IMG_4314.JPG Unsung Heros https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435095654663-BUURWS9I0KCLU6WI753W/IMG_4300.JPG Unsung Heros https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435096464298-8QDIYYNDTYGRX3QSVSZE/IMG_4316.JPG Unsung Heros https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435096465258-8TA06LVNEE1BOKHLJX04/IMG_4317.JPG Unsung Heros https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435097076162-YP02EJLHQERYHPRVZM23/IMG_3956.JPG Unsung Heros https://www.aprilbanks.com/possession-is-910ths daily 0.75 2015-06-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434650231418-E5EHLFT53XY7SWZMKPGQ/IMG_2655.JPG Possession is 9/10ths - Possession is Nine Tenths Plaster Sculpture Installation 18'-4" x 28" 2011 Family heirlooms are a catalyst or placeholder for oral histories. They become markers of time but their stories may grow to mythical proportions the more time passes. Since childhood I have visualized a family violin that has been missing my whole life. The stories about its speculated worth and possible demise have morphed over time and by storyteller. Its absence becomes stronger than it’s presence. From a distance, collective memory may appear the same but when closely examined the variations become apparent. Is any one "memory" the truth or fact or are they all equal? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434650231418-E5EHLFT53XY7SWZMKPGQ/IMG_2655.JPG Possession is 9/10ths - Possession is Nine Tenths Plaster Sculpture Installation 18'-4" x 28" 2011 Family heirlooms are a catalyst or placeholder for oral histories. They become markers of time but their stories may grow to mythical proportions the more time passes. Since childhood I have visualized a family violin that has been missing my whole life. The stories about its speculated worth and possible demise have morphed over time and by storyteller. Its absence becomes stronger than it’s presence. From a distance, collective memory may appear the same but when closely examined the variations become apparent. Is any one "memory" the truth or fact or are they all equal? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434650645642-DEY7RNPQSPJXSFZUK159/re-FABLE_ab07.JPG Possession is 9/10ths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434649566779-PY0U2RX4IB2360W81CT5/IMG_2662.JPG Possession is 9/10ths https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434650134011-VP3RCC2CDVB4440YR0QY/IMG_2735.JPG Possession is 9/10ths https://www.aprilbanks.com/invisible-man daily 0.75 2015-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435099241943-O3O7ZCRXUC901XK4MYCM/word-tree.jpg Invisible Man - Invisible Man 1-1/2 books, 2003 Made of torn and crushed pages from one and a half copies of ralph ellison's critically acclaimed "invisible man." language is a manipulated cycle. one that renders part of its cycle invisible. who defines a word? meaning and identity continually shift across racially constructed boundaries from underground to mainstream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435099241943-O3O7ZCRXUC901XK4MYCM/word-tree.jpg Invisible Man - Invisible Man 1-1/2 books, 2003 Made of torn and crushed pages from one and a half copies of ralph ellison's critically acclaimed "invisible man." language is a manipulated cycle. one that renders part of its cycle invisible. who defines a word? meaning and identity continually shift across racially constructed boundaries from underground to mainstream. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435099247235-S0HGNKN9ITP0X8WHDFBI/word-tree+detail.JPG Invisible Man https://www.aprilbanks.com/crushed daily 0.75 2015-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1433878086591-SZGBVF0SW881GXI2X5RE/crushed1.jpg Crushed - Crushed paper, thread, nails approx. 22ft x 8 ft, 2008 A paper + thread installation   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1433878086591-SZGBVF0SW881GXI2X5RE/crushed1.jpg Crushed - Crushed paper, thread, nails approx. 22ft x 8 ft, 2008 A paper + thread installation   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435100040963-EL4WWTECAKOWTWOU8NBZ/crushedlong.jpg Crushed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435099863029-ZFRC5NBEMUO2QL2JDKH2/DSCN5495.JPG Crushed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435099865698-RGJM7MAJ2OQA5XQU1XQP/DSCN5511.JPG Crushed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435100140408-X12UF7LW3HTM9GG5D66B/DSCN5488.JPG Crushed https://www.aprilbanks.com/graduate-thesis daily 0.75 2015-06-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435100585679-PT3IL1ZATJFL4PSZDY94/bathroom1.jpg Graduate Thesis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435100585679-PT3IL1ZATJFL4PSZDY94/bathroom1.jpg Graduate Thesis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435100586029-P5385AMV2M22F72MBQ2O/bathroom3.jpg Graduate Thesis https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435100586126-345Y73I7F3X84YMU2FJS/bathroom2.jpg Graduate Thesis https://www.aprilbanks.com/mass-nausea daily 0.75 2015-06-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1433812152615-71L6UERQV7ZL0DRO0YNC/abanks_Mass+Nausea_04.jpg Mass Nausea - Mass Nausea Detail image, 2009 Mass Nausea is a series of people “vomiting” M&M chocolates as a visual protest of the Mars Corporation’s stake in Cote D’Ivoire’s conflict produced cocoa. The brightly colored, best selling, seemingly innocuous candy comes at the enormous expense of child slave labor and exploitative trading practices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1433812152615-71L6UERQV7ZL0DRO0YNC/abanks_Mass+Nausea_04.jpg Mass Nausea - Mass Nausea Detail image, 2009 Mass Nausea is a series of people “vomiting” M&M chocolates as a visual protest of the Mars Corporation’s stake in Cote D’Ivoire’s conflict produced cocoa. The brightly colored, best selling, seemingly innocuous candy comes at the enormous expense of child slave labor and exploitative trading practices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434577648930-3ZIFIP2BIJWJXRRBWELQ/mass+nausea-detail1.jpg Mass Nausea https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434578085959-3KG5PCX1M3L1JXBCN03C/Screen+Shot+2015-06-17+at+2.53.21+PM.png Mass Nausea - Mass Nausea Installation detail, mixed media approx. 30ft x 12ft, 2009 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434577565080-90WEJMKHGLNMRWU1BORC/banks_april_12_Mass+Nausea.jpg Mass Nausea - Mass Nausea Installation views (80) 8x10 photographs, 2009 https://www.aprilbanks.com/rocks-or-rice daily 0.75 2019-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434587295304-IS1B6X97IQ75SJ6Z61CQ/DSC_0851.jpeg Rocks or Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434587295304-IS1B6X97IQ75SJ6Z61CQ/DSC_0851.jpeg Rocks or Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434587696479-LPCUYX71HZ5WZBNV61C0/DSC_1105.jpeg Rocks or Rice - Rocks or Rice Photobooth, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco 2012 Throwing rice at a wedding is an old tradition that wishes for prosperity, abundance and fertility. Conversely media images from the 2007 food riots in 30+ countries focused on people throwing rocks and objects in anger and in desperation. Riots broke out when the price of rice, a staple food for much of the world, was more than what many people could afford. Both of these events focus on the act of throwing—one joyful, the other violent. Learn about the growing world food crisis and make a statement with your face! What will you throw? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434587352185-P0FIIODZQCNGYZQN9M1O/DSC_0882.jpeg Rocks or Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434589056404-FG1Z901Y9KSX9H0EO93C/DSC_0894.jpg Rocks or Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434587373872-2HKCD6BIC1C1SWSR47PI/DSC_1190.jpeg Rocks or Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434587264964-NA25L26TE9MJSJV3JQ6Y/DSC_0732.jpeg Rocks or Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434589944021-VAZMCC6VU3L57U5HBYP7/DSC_0540.jpeg Rocks or Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434587313157-H9XK60UDCJMPJ39GNMH5/DSC_0813.jpeg Rocks or Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434587601971-QAUTLAQ9CMKH5F234IRV/DSC_0400.jpg Rocks or Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434587232428-MP1EPL28ZX96FVJ3WCJK/DSC_0994.jpeg Rocks or Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434587643698-KSQUZHIP8SID4Z65NTLL/DSC_1028.jpg Rocks or Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434589211281-FTQKWQOH4MVIOANQ7JJZ/DSC_0837.jpg Rocks or Rice https://www.aprilbanks.com/the-hand-i-eat-with daily 0.75 2015-06-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434576612346-40JKQVKOTQN4LG7LSXRQ/01_aprilbanks.jpg the hand i eat with - the hand i eat with Photo series, 2008 Complicity and complacency in the trade of chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434576612346-40JKQVKOTQN4LG7LSXRQ/01_aprilbanks.jpg the hand i eat with - the hand i eat with Photo series, 2008 Complicity and complacency in the trade of chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434576575959-03YGIH5IYJ0E8XII2NCE/02_aprilbanks.jpg the hand i eat with https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434576723418-JQ05RM3A6M7HNIZ9RVZB/abanks_the+hand+i+eat+with_03.jpg the hand i eat with https://www.aprilbanks.com/the-rise-of-rice daily 0.75 2020-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1606263998621-9D58GN2OOESUIMPDL1ZX/banks_april_03_Rise+of+Rice.jpg The Rise of Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1606263998621-9D58GN2OOESUIMPDL1ZX/banks_april_03_Rise+of+Rice.jpg The Rise of Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434586588469-FYIIENXBLZH9HE4TBJSB/rice+dancer3.jpg The Rise of Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1433802035708-CEG7SX2B0CAAGHQ0QK89/Sanouvi-Banks_Anani-April_ROR_2013_02.jpg The Rise of Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434586715890-1HGBDT4RGB4K6L0CAC3W/balance+board4.jpg The Rise of Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1433802139604-KLCWCHW5N7AAQJ3U7IXX/Sanouvi-Banks_Anani-April_ROR_2013_04.jpg The Rise of Rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1433802109164-K2QNMDLLQAQFU14FP8TK/Sanouvi-Banks_Anani-April_ROR_2013_05.jpg The Rise of Rice https://www.aprilbanks.com/la-vida-del-chocolate daily 0.75 2019-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434576054151-GHJMKEK5DXRXY3XSBFSW/16.jpg La Vida del Chocolate A "protest photo booth" at MUUA Lab, Medellin, Colombia. As an artist-in-residence April invited visitors to make a visual protest against conflict and slavery produced cacao—the fruit from which chocolate comes. Listen to a radio interview (in Spanish): here The good and the bad: here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434576054151-GHJMKEK5DXRXY3XSBFSW/16.jpg La Vida del Chocolate A "protest photo booth" at MUUA Lab, Medellin, Colombia. As an artist-in-residence April invited visitors to make a visual protest against conflict and slavery produced cacao—the fruit from which chocolate comes. Listen to a radio interview (in Spanish): here The good and the bad: here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434576054111-LN5QX6YCH0K7AMZYN4W6/18.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1433877288817-F640OM23XSCY917BOUQX/Muua+1.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434575613797-SNWQ4VYXHKXKY1OZ8TKU/2.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434575613948-JYIPSWKQPHVYNZHZ87DL/3.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434575614815-GUFWSX61XFG2FO3T957I/4.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434575615411-DG5HOASEMBKN66MZEFWZ/5.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434575616166-K2OISQLLHZ1UE8G0LDXY/6.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434575616553-88RFXDSAQ4538T32IG7X/7.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434575617684-RIT0BAIUNYYDZCI1O6YV/8.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434575617937-A5CCK6EDGWW8A685ZIZN/11.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434575619100-I88G252L8UIDF0KRG0AY/12.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434576055337-ANIP6MRQDYWJMUIDA6CB/19.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434576167430-TDLYSVK6UY2W7RGDV8BR/25.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434576167654-EHO2WHODMFJK3A58087N/27.jpg La Vida del Chocolate https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/55773b10e4b06d2deccb8e48/55831d19e4b057edbffe3133/1434656171758/ La Vida del Chocolate Gallery View https://www.aprilbanks.com/forest-signs daily 0.75 2016-05-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1433878007542-ZGY0P0N46I61BL9SKFGB/IMG_5920.JPG Forest Signs - Outdoor installation Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda, CA Meditating on journey — the journey of life, the journeys chronicled in the play (SPUNK! by Zora Neale Hurston), the physical journey up the path (strenuous!) and the journey the play asks audience members to take. This project was commissioned by The Triangle Lab and CalShakes Theater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1433878007542-ZGY0P0N46I61BL9SKFGB/IMG_5920.JPG Forest Signs - Outdoor installation Bruns Amphitheater, Orinda, CA Meditating on journey — the journey of life, the journeys chronicled in the play (SPUNK! by Zora Neale Hurston), the physical journey up the path (strenuous!) and the journey the play asks audience members to take. This project was commissioned by The Triangle Lab and CalShakes Theater. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435098544504-XKZV3YRRAZWGNIMQY5E3/IMG_5940.JPG Forest Signs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435098211750-08DDWFMUI6CXK4T62C2X/DSC_3932.JPG Forest Signs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435098286291-WRSTV315VPHSEVTROBG6/DSC_3914.JPG Forest Signs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435098102989-9KNAPF9JFV8I0VBHPHJA/IMG_6133.JPG Forest Signs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435098321992-3UDQI779LRHKFVQGRXPW/DSC_3923.JPG Forest Signs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435098824423-TQGIPKPP520PSKLM6TTF/IMG_5906.JPG Forest Signs https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435098882274-NNQIUMU6R78OS9NNGCCN/DSC_3912.JPG Forest Signs https://www.aprilbanks.com/orquestra-de-arroz daily 0.75 2015-07-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434592531259-U3TIBNF1P4SHFCCW02LD/DSC_1136.JPG Orquestra de arroz - Orquestra de arroz La Otra Bienal, Bogota, Colombia 2013 Group music action at a neighborhood market. Anyone could join the circle to make music/noise with pots filled with rice. An homage to citizen led “casserole” protests during the South American food shortages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434592531259-U3TIBNF1P4SHFCCW02LD/DSC_1136.JPG Orquestra de arroz - Orquestra de arroz La Otra Bienal, Bogota, Colombia 2013 Group music action at a neighborhood market. Anyone could join the circle to make music/noise with pots filled with rice. An homage to citizen led “casserole” protests during the South American food shortages. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434592554411-A5BGQZX7VZO4642K0LHH/DSC_1119.JPG Orquestra de arroz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434592612140-HLN1GLHUMVMC2934QR8R/DSC_1137.JPG Orquestra de arroz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434592714403-CNCD0I8JN43N90YCC7VL/DSC_1121.JPG Orquestra de arroz https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434592644176-ZUL5NJATA2ZYQHC8PW1O/DSC_1133.JPG Orquestra de arroz https://www.aprilbanks.com/make-believe daily 0.75 2015-08-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434648372160-WV9W6WPBGRFAHBC5A94K/image-asset.jpeg Make. Believe. - Make. Believe. Digital projection, 2011 Through digital manipulation I create an imagined family history, filling in what science, oral histories and archival documents cannot tell me. These "re-fabled" images blend my family photos with archival images found online and images from historical events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434648372160-WV9W6WPBGRFAHBC5A94K/image-asset.jpeg Make. Believe. - Make. Believe. Digital projection, 2011 Through digital manipulation I create an imagined family history, filling in what science, oral histories and archival documents cannot tell me. These "re-fabled" images blend my family photos with archival images found online and images from historical events https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596187088-MF0S11D3FAXUINJJJ969/01_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596187226-ITA19KE3XPEQ0NH2XI0Q/02_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596187958-KNAOHOST2DL520IUL6I1/03_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596187887-WQN4LF4ZPBW8WCD3QQ7E/04_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596188238-1HJECOXO7CIHD6SGYL19/05_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596188781-PVCIT5HZ89E9T3JQQVOO/06_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596188700-LAR404OARBOBEKGKIGLW/07_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596189451-ZOLYCS3YEMIQJ3OYPWKI/08_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434602557896-SS2JKMGTRS58H9GRQIHR/09_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596189803-RGX289XKNWGZ9QP69WSP/10_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596191189-QCIOYI5P080RMM35397P/11_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596190473-9EJWT9YG7ZYX2SVV85N7/12_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596190972-64CF0YL1MQWK8MKBPPAO/13_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434596191652-LR44MPIK3SY9A628YSR7/14_aprilbanks.jpg Make. Believe. - re-Fable https://www.aprilbanks.com/keloid daily 0.75 2015-06-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435101233282-L27N946XS7AVYC9AAOBP/partial+book.jpg KELOID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435101233282-L27N946XS7AVYC9AAOBP/partial+book.jpg KELOID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435101232749-7DVINYEDSHQMDDZ1NPAM/aprilbanks_keloid1.jpg KELOID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435101232833-PNHS7VCB6PVF75JPHKQV/aprilbanks_keloid2.jpg KELOID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435101232945-E8R8F3KG31Y8OS7VL9CQ/aprilbanks_keloid3.jpg KELOID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435101233233-JWM3QTM50ZPYWIJCRFTM/aprilbanks_keloid4.jpg KELOID https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435101233083-Q507JKVEEAH6DTO6TXLK/aprilbanks_keloid5.jpg KELOID https://www.aprilbanks.com/exxxplicit-m-gaye daily 0.75 2015-07-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435099392350-E6PTGMQ18C665CQL4GJ7/wide+angle.jpg Exxxplicit (Marvin Gaye) - Exxxplicit 12’H stitched paper (1 bible), 100 origami birds, thread, 200lbs of flour, stained and burned church pew, 2005. Trouble Man interpretations of the life and music of Marvin Gaye for a group exhibition with Soul Salon 10 in Oakland, CA, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435099392350-E6PTGMQ18C665CQL4GJ7/wide+angle.jpg Exxxplicit (Marvin Gaye) - Exxxplicit 12’H stitched paper (1 bible), 100 origami birds, thread, 200lbs of flour, stained and burned church pew, 2005. Trouble Man interpretations of the life and music of Marvin Gaye for a group exhibition with Soul Salon 10 in Oakland, CA, USA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435099321709-1JWZ30EH1GMHNQSF1KK4/4221560-R2-011-4.jpg Exxxplicit (Marvin Gaye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1437756186934-13ICJS3SOROW7JODJ0HS/image-asset.jpeg Exxxplicit (Marvin Gaye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435099321047-8F7D7X11ROWY9M3WDI4O/troubleman3.jpg Exxxplicit (Marvin Gaye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435099320335-B8IJKWWGZ6UWL9QFZPZZ/paradox.jpg Exxxplicit (Marvin Gaye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435099459070-KFGJW3RQC1ZCPNBARHIL/0019296-R1-016-6A.jpg Exxxplicit (Marvin Gaye) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435099320600-EIZFKCW03ZQAS4NC3AZF/troubleman1.jpg Exxxplicit (Marvin Gaye) https://www.aprilbanks.com/aresurrection daily 0.75 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1617828781502-NIFTGKVSYB3SZDG1FK2K/PHAM_26FEB21_70715-mod.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1575342585443-8O7Y1LVJFMFT9G2WNOYM/Screen+Shot+2016-04-29+at+7.22.53+PM.png A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435614069147-J6X1QX2XBCUK93DM7700/Combat+ballet+04.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1461957528288-FK91XI2XK9K2L3VDFPF8/Abanks_dejavu.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463492303271-CTRBIMJQUMRUEY8CRFAR/IMG_3403.JPG A Resurrection in Four Stanzas - Now Showing Déjà vu and Other Histrionics, 2016 Dak'Art OFF Saint-louis, Senegal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1494358351153-O9QY2V5PNKOUUQWKQJ2J/hires_redacted+side+view.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas - New Work REDACTED: words in wax, a series about promise, protest and propaganda; how they collide and delete each other. Redaction covers but does not eliminate, leaving a trace, a question about the hand that erased and what lies beneath the black out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1494198312851-UQ7IWVF0VP28RJB2R2XQ/IMG_8079.JPG A Resurrection in Four Stanzas - Redacted: words in wax detail of "Redacted Bodies” 32"x 16.5" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1615917407110-VQLUG7C5STWSM4P0GM6G/IMG_7313+2.JPG A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1616086398596-APIQ1IISPKHD912SSE2A/PHAM_26FEB21_70715.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas - A Resurrection in Four Stanzas, 2021 Permanent Art Sculpture 2021, Historic Belmar Park, Santa Monica, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1618494468750-TWTCQ8Z8FWCPI57VQB3C/IMG_7951+3.JPG A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1625325712952-F79PTUNFEHD3BBISFHNA/IMG_9184.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1625327764112-38Q8F5CK99W3ARBZZTXM/IMG_9166.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1625325286290-MOYYL8ELVYSDOSHIAZ1X/IMG_9192.JPG A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1615916472992-85RQTS31YPZM1R85T6B0/IMG_7023.JPG A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1625325074216-0P732PSHDC02JDFOBBGV/IMG_9182.JPG A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1617812007881-N74H2IOYHX7SQ5ESRTFI/web+page+text.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1625325142940-MOIU1QUC6E522Q3CTL5V/IMG_7096.JPG A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1617812007817-LKNDMICJKYQ7KPKJUT9R/web+page+text2.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1615917049762-2A7U1RAMRWGTZNMQA8P0/IMG_7228.JPG A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1625328593771-AUC7YJO07XRCUS5LOT4K/IMG_7121.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1625326698632-P5MODK4348O1QZ9J6IQA/IMG_9163.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1618494745870-PA688TEE28ERSQHI9RVZ/PHAM_26FEB21_70235.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1617826716202-N5DJ0BTE7WRWBAGASJHG/image-asset.jpeg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas - A Walk Through "A Resurrection in Four Stanzas" filmed and edited by Leroy Hamilton https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1617827350923-SN9GKZ1DLEA40WBJJWBP/image-asset.jpeg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas - The Making of "A Resurrection in Four Stanzas" Edited by www.denisedove.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1625327187935-MX1NUER4XIPG67FHBL6O/IMG_7287.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1618494680396-1KVVMYL6X3LBHMNJ122G/A+Resurrection_sculpture3.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1617812369766-FZOY8NDC4I5GKL4E2N18/PHAM_26FEB21_70297.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1615917320163-DVQYDD0H6HMZA6MYTKSN/IMG_7287.JPG A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1612972115768-RADNY04CB54IQI4HN90Y/A+Resurrection-front+view-rendering.jpg A Resurrection in Four Stanzas https://www.aprilbanks.com/4th-generation daily 0.75 2026-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435094198498-ER8TA9A6TAUKRBZ27M5V/IMG_6454.JPG 4th Generation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435094198498-ER8TA9A6TAUKRBZ27M5V/IMG_6454.JPG 4th Generation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435094094544-GWF26FX5ATRD4MAZB7L5/IMG_6452.JPG 4th Generation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435093464292-401DGJT3OX1JWLLOU6FT/IMG_6457.JPG 4th Generation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435094910338-TUQJ6948OXJROS5TWGTB/FullSizeRender.jpg 4th Generation - Fourth Generation (Valley Street) Encaustic over photo transfer on wood panel (7) 5x7, 2015 Built in the 1930s, the family house for four generations, now sits empty. As the house deteriorates it becomes more of an impression— the physical becomes ephemeral. By relying on memory and imagination little information is needed to define the image. It’s emptiness conveys the fading and loss over time. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435094133765-0IDEV2DO5VERMI1VYUXE/IMG_6450.JPG 4th Generation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435094152464-2TMTDC5FQUV5147SFBW0/IMG_6451.jpg 4th Generation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435093804168-RTC90YUMEAXLFDZYL8X1/IMG_6459.JPG 4th Generation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1435094235835-RGC0IGF94YCX63OH02AO/IMG_6449.JPG 4th Generation https://www.aprilbanks.com/free-chocolate daily 0.75 2015-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1433811869326-B9OCJ77KSSJCRUN7E48Y/abanks_free+chocolate_detail.jpg Free Chocolate - Free Chocolate Solo Exhibition (detail) 2006 Multimedia installation about the international web between cocoa farmers, traders and chocolate consumers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1433811869326-B9OCJ77KSSJCRUN7E48Y/abanks_free+chocolate_detail.jpg Free Chocolate - Free Chocolate Solo Exhibition (detail) 2006 Multimedia installation about the international web between cocoa farmers, traders and chocolate consumers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434581045130-5AIIEPLW1AKABRRW9OAV/4.jpg Free Chocolate - Free Chocolate Gallery view, 2006 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434580726752-OR7Y8B83ARENOM450MYV/farmer+wall.jpg Free Chocolate - Free chocolate Installation detail, 2006 Photographs on mesh vinyl mounted to mesh wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434580726913-AIZVHERUYSCCQRQ861IL/trader+wall.jpg Free Chocolate - Free Chocolate Installation detail, 2006 Photographs on mesh vinyl mounted to mesh wall https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434580741828-KEOOPFXRJH5A8PHHV2II/Screen+Shot+2015-06-17+at+3.35.04+PM.png Free Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434581042528-HI80U3MC6B7TF1AKXP2L/1.jpg Free Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434581042781-1O489KSLZHH7PNCKD5QB/2.jpg Free Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434581045005-267LC2ZNEHG70B7KL9UO/3.jpg Free Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434581503471-I7WNCMXYP653M6VIXT96/DSCN3178.JPG Free Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434581604344-3CPP9H70BJIHWRZFGDAT/DSCN3163.JPG Free Chocolate https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434581604544-GBKGRQUN3K2SVETL230F/DSCN3164.JPG Free Chocolate https://www.aprilbanks.com/the-price-of-rice daily 0.75 2019-12-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1575343422944-0MFWI28ST4JCO2JHOFP7/Screen+Shot+2019-07-29+at+5.37.04+PM.png the price of rice - the price of rice: tomorrow i wake up hungry rice, 200 sculpted bowls and video, 2019 & 2010 The bowls are empty. . . though rice is available and abundant, but barely accessible to those who depend on it. Each bowl is made with five servings of rice, what many families survive with on a daily basis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1575343422944-0MFWI28ST4JCO2JHOFP7/Screen+Shot+2019-07-29+at+5.37.04+PM.png the price of rice - the price of rice: tomorrow i wake up hungry rice, 200 sculpted bowls and video, 2019 & 2010 The bowls are empty. . . though rice is available and abundant, but barely accessible to those who depend on it. Each bowl is made with five servings of rice, what many families survive with on a daily basis. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1575343352500-CHIKRW0LLOL0ZE06B30T/IMG_8671.JPG the price of rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1575343534498-9UTQ9CDZDUCST1A4E50P/IMG_6607.JPG the price of rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434590196518-SP3B7N5GORCYVJ9IOMBZ/banks_april_09_price+of+rice.jpg the price of rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434590537624-ACEN1BDL5W4JV30WE2VZ/banks_april_10_price+of+rice.jpg the price of rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434591056200-E1GVGD12OH7L86PXWWMS/abanks_price+of+rice_03.jpg the price of rice https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434590864617-S9UNZ3EZG69FQ9W3UNK9/Screen+shot+2010-09-10+at+12.27.28+PM.png the price of rice video still The split screen video shows the same video, one forward, the other in reverse. Extracting from one side to the other methodically and systematically, over and over. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1434590877000-D68A1TIJVR5TU4WPN212/abanks_POR+video+still.jpg the price of rice video still https://www.aprilbanks.com/deja-vu daily 0.75 2021-04-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463672051406-74X3TMRDD9CF101W5751/Abanks_dejavu.jpg Déjà vu and Other Histrionics - Déjà vu and Other Histrionics Photographic print on art paper (13cm x 20cm) (9) 32cm x 42cm framed diptychs 2016 A photograph is a lie about the truth. A transtemporal dialog with French colonial photographer Pierre Tacher, questioning the context and intentions of his work and other historical documents. I have extracted his portraits of Senegalese from 1908-1912 and inserted them into my architectural photos of Senegal in 2016. I focus on stairways, thresholds and doors as transitional spaces, between public and private, freedom and slavery, and ethnography and pornography. This is historical fiction. Collection of the Getty Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463672051406-74X3TMRDD9CF101W5751/Abanks_dejavu.jpg Déjà vu and Other Histrionics - Déjà vu and Other Histrionics Photographic print on art paper (13cm x 20cm) (9) 32cm x 42cm framed diptychs 2016 A photograph is a lie about the truth. A transtemporal dialog with French colonial photographer Pierre Tacher, questioning the context and intentions of his work and other historical documents. I have extracted his portraits of Senegalese from 1908-1912 and inserted them into my architectural photos of Senegal in 2016. I focus on stairways, thresholds and doors as transitional spaces, between public and private, freedom and slavery, and ethnography and pornography. This is historical fiction. Collection of the Getty Museum https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463672058818-0V3RFFZCZCYI2CKYSP7L/family+divided.jpg Déjà vu and Other Histrionics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463676765426-6O7Y4VB78XR51H0DRB8N/voyeur.jpg Déjà vu and Other Histrionics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463676764633-LQ3DDZJGA92UFBG9PB5S/the+builder.jpg Déjà vu and Other Histrionics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1617892345345-DBOTCE8FB0EACHIY806T/Screen+Shot+2021-04-08+at+7.30.30+AM.png Déjà vu and Other Histrionics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463676763589-I7BS7X12Y4S7IPRXBBUI/divided+cells.jpg Déjà vu and Other Histrionics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463676765211-BXKKSLJ2XP5I52JZ8NYG/upstairs+downstairs.jpg Déjà vu and Other Histrionics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463672068907-U30OOD7AWATL1B5TKVWK/no+return.jpg Déjà vu and Other Histrionics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463676763510-7EGWFD95YV80VDF36FZD/balcony+man.jpg Déjà vu and Other Histrionics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463672088146-3GZOGESMG46R5XYXCYDR/IMG_3247.JPG Déjà vu and Other Histrionics - Installation views site: former Mauritanian governer's mansion, Saint-louis, Senegal https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463672123218-3D497UA4PS0OQI0NFL9E/IMG_3275.JPG Déjà vu and Other Histrionics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463672101871-LK1F3YTKVIXVCBUZSX7M/IMG_3249.JPG Déjà vu and Other Histrionics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463676890609-QY87M4HF7FNMCL2JUUM3/IMG_3403.JPG Déjà vu and Other Histrionics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463672285098-KX2ZBGQNABDFCO3I5DZD/IMG_3253.JPG Déjà vu and Other Histrionics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1463672051406-74X3TMRDD9CF101W5751/Abanks_dejavu.jpg Déjà vu and Other Histrionics - Copy of Déjà vu and Other Histrionics Photographic print on art paper (13cm x 20cm) (9) 32cm x 42cm framed diptychs 2016 A photograph is a lie about the truth. A transtemporal dialog with French colonial photographer Pierre Tacher, questioning the context and intentions of his work and other historical documents. I have extracted his portraits of Senegalese from 1908-1912 and inserted them into my architectural photos of Senegal in 2016. I focus on stairways, thresholds and doors as transitional spaces, between public and private, freedom and slavery, and ethnography and pornography. This is historical fiction. https://www.aprilbanks.com/projectblackspace daily 0.75 2026-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1615915532045-ZGQTV3ZSRP6M0ARGIZNA/IMG_5140.jpg #ProjectBlackSpace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1615915532045-ZGQTV3ZSRP6M0ARGIZNA/IMG_5140.jpg #ProjectBlackSpace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1613023097438-75YG2LDD2UDRY719P37Y/IMG_5136.jpg #ProjectBlackSpace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1616084954503-08C8GPW68FO8EU0P8L4R/IMG_5100.jpg #ProjectBlackSpace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1615915731621-0YYC7L1EGQP4RWAULM9Q/Justice+and+Joy+Projections5.jpg #ProjectBlackSpace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1615915865030-Q9LM0KQOA5UOMYGII6SB/Screen+Shot+2021-03-16+at+10.30.23+AM.png #ProjectBlackSpace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1615916308532-VLFMYQEVGYHELCR63RBH/Screen+Shot+2021-03-16+at+10.37.49+AM.png #ProjectBlackSpace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1613023062473-PMUHXCYBB2ST6ZMXF1KZ/inkwell.jpg #ProjectBlackSpace https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1626503229404-OKZEWWY8XDSXFSVA33QC/IMG_9438.JPG #ProjectBlackSpace - #ProjectBlackSpace Activating erased or little known Black spaces in Santa Monica, CA https://www.aprilbanks.com/sleight-of-hand daily 0.75 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1673419640874-ACHUDBUJWQCTAYW328AC/Sleight+of+Hand.jpg Sleight of Hand Sleight of Hand. Remix #01 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1673419640874-ACHUDBUJWQCTAYW328AC/Sleight+of+Hand.jpg Sleight of Hand Sleight of Hand. Remix #01 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1633453506640-16VLL6593F9C8J6L61WD/F2FB5855-BEA2-4C54-82C8-6B6A9AACA478.JPG Sleight of Hand - Sleight of Hand, 2021 47” x 47” Encaustic wax and paper on wood panel Muhammad was a master of illusion from his pre fight antics, to his amateur magic tricks, to his maneuvering through news media with staged photos, particularly during his fight to resist being drafted into the Vietnam War. From the exhibition “Ali to LA” at Transformative Arts, Los Angeles, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1633451822982-CWHFPY4UIMEFBB15C6LJ/IMG_0078.JPG Sleight of Hand - Sleigh of Hand, 2021 47” x 47” Encaustic wax and paper on wood panel Muhammad was a master of illusion from his pre fight antics, to his amateur magic tricks, to his maneuvering through news media with staged photos, particularly during his fight to resist being drafted into the Vietnam War. From the exhibition “Ali to LA” at Transformative Arts, Los Angeles, CA. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1633453092916-MSSCKMQ5AO893S7Z7NP4/Screen+Shot+2021-10-05+at+9.56.45+AM.png Sleight of Hand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1633453067108-949LXH7FCAWMD6FFHL7X/Screen+Shot+2021-10-05+at+9.56.16+AM.png Sleight of Hand https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1633453075549-J28JMTD0CTJL27DTSZ0J/Screen+Shot+2021-10-05+at+9.56.33+AM.png Sleight of Hand https://www.aprilbanks.com/elevate daily 0.75 2023-01-11 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1673407503347-9ES2URW51WSNBZPM718S/Elevate_AprilBanks_AnneKimPhotography1.png Elevate (Freedom is a Place) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1673407503347-9ES2URW51WSNBZPM718S/Elevate_AprilBanks_AnneKimPhotography1.png Elevate (Freedom is a Place) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1673410521005-NB8YI8D24DYENYLNUBI8/Elevate_AprilBanks_AnneKimPhotography6.png Elevate (Freedom is a Place) - Elevate (Freedom is a Place) Temporary Steel Sculpture presented by The Nicholson Project, Washington DC Sept 2022 - Dec 2023, curated by Dashboard, supported by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, Fabricated by John Rais Studios. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1673407559433-F8WHYPUAIOSF4F0W7WNT/Elevate_AprilBanks_AnneKimPhotography1.png Elevate (Freedom is a Place) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1673409125492-W2H4RSDHC00YQVXP1BHV/Elevate_AprilBanks.jpg Elevate (Freedom is a Place) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1673407668112-NZ569ZLGGF5M4SPW2RKE/Elevate_AprilBanks_AnneKimPhotography2.png Elevate (Freedom is a Place) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1673408064968-PUUI6U36ZW57INXMMH7R/Elevate_AprilBanks_AnneKimPhotography4.png Elevate (Freedom is a Place) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1673408630331-GI8E6HYAQYQAEILL9I2J/Elevate_AprilBanks_JessicaValoris.jpg Elevate (Freedom is a Place) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1673409393048-66QJ8I6MSCXWVIP3S9YZ/Elevate_AprilBanks_opening.png Elevate (Freedom is a Place) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1673410323147-BTDQIR0QGO0K83VHER04/Elevate_AprilBanks_Opening2.jpg Elevate (Freedom is a Place) https://www.aprilbanks.com/future-ancient daily 0.75 2026-03-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1691191513487-Q3QN7T4XKKB6BS8L0ZKG/Screen+Shot+2023-08-04+at+4.03.28+PM.png Future Ancient - Future Ancient, 2022 Edition of 2, +1 AP Fused glass, aluminum, LED panel https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/63be5d21a806736fb8ff4f52/63be5d2f2c57b76512a2e840/1673420079407/ Future Ancient https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1691191513487-Q3QN7T4XKKB6BS8L0ZKG/Screen+Shot+2023-08-04+at+4.03.28+PM.png Future Ancient - Future Ancient, 2022 Edition of 2, +1 AP Fused glass, aluminum, LED panel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1691191513350-2NAHTSHHMD1T9CCC4N3Z/Screen+Shot+2023-08-04+at+4.03.37+PM.png Future Ancient https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1691191534288-54P2SANTE8W7V5DIOWXW/Screen+Shot+2023-08-04+at+4.03.51+PM.png Future Ancient https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1691191535259-67DY3CP4CTZL2G3KJRXM/Screen+Shot+2023-08-04+at+4.04.02+PM.png Future Ancient https://www.aprilbanks.com/pico-and-ocean daily 0.75 2023-07-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1688767745124-5NYW9FURQOWPP998SY5D/image-asset.png Pico and Ocean - Pico and Ocean: Ebony Beach Club Commons Neon, 45” x 36” x 7”, Edition of 3 April Banks and Glen Wilson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1688767745124-5NYW9FURQOWPP998SY5D/image-asset.png Pico and Ocean - Pico and Ocean: Ebony Beach Club Commons Neon, 45” x 36” x 7”, Edition of 3 April Banks and Glen Wilson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1688766982853-P5KWL9UJSHEQXIDOPHVI/EBCC_neon_2023.jpg Pico and Ocean https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1688766864440-NYXIIUFXCSTQQW05GC83/image-asset.png Pico and Ocean - Pico and Ocean, 2023 Neon, 45” x 36” x 7”, Edition of 3 April Banks and Glen Wilson https://www.aprilbanks.com/tidewalker daily 0.75 2024-07-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1720568844375-QVOKLWYC7EYLZFQ8SEJH/ABanks-Image1.jpg Tidewalker - Tidewalker 2024 corten steel and resin, 4ft dia x 8ft tall San Luis Obispo, CA Tidewalker is a corten steel flora fauna creature that holds a resin soul cabana inside , inverting the colonial hierarchy between nature and the built environment. Banks plays with scale to highlight our interdependence with nature, presenting an interspecies safehold to transport us to more caring possibilities. Her hand carved dreamscapes remind us of the beauty of mystery and wonder. This sculpture is a part of the artist’s ongoing series Freedom is a Place. Commissioned by: City of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art Funded by: This project is supported by the City of SLO’s Public Art Program and the National Endowment for the Arts. Fabricated by: Taylor Owens and April Banks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1720568844375-QVOKLWYC7EYLZFQ8SEJH/ABanks-Image1.jpg Tidewalker - Tidewalker 2024 corten steel and resin, 4ft dia x 8ft tall San Luis Obispo, CA Tidewalker is a corten steel flora fauna creature that holds a resin soul cabana inside , inverting the colonial hierarchy between nature and the built environment. Banks plays with scale to highlight our interdependence with nature, presenting an interspecies safehold to transport us to more caring possibilities. Her hand carved dreamscapes remind us of the beauty of mystery and wonder. This sculpture is a part of the artist’s ongoing series Freedom is a Place. Commissioned by: City of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art Funded by: This project is supported by the City of SLO’s Public Art Program and the National Endowment for the Arts. Fabricated by: Taylor Owens and April Banks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/55761270e4b02f4b8792c4a8/1720569539398-17LXXQWY38TC7X3DO753/ABanks-Image1.jpg Tidewalker - Tidewalker 2024, corten steel and resin, 4ft dia x 8ft tall San Luis Obispo, CA Tidewalker is a corten steel flora fauna creature that holds a resin soul cabana, inverting the colonial hierarchy between nature and the manmade environment. Banks plays with scale to highlight our interdependence with nature, presenting an interspecies safehold to transport us to more caring possibilities. Her hand carved dreamscapes remind us of the beauty of mystery and wonder. This sculpture is a part of the artist’s ongoing series Freedom is a Place. Commissioned by the City of San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo Museum of Art This project is supported by the City of SLO’s Public Art Program and the National Endowment for the Arts. 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