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Ojive DeLungela
born Berlin, Germany
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"the Cynthia", 2019
East Hampton, NY
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-It's called "the Cynthia". She's the mother of my ex boyfriend who died suddenly while we were together.
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The inspiration is [always to] expose black women, black culture in art.
She is representing Mary with Jesus on the hand reminiscing what our ancestor went through so we can be here.-
unfinished -"the Cynthia", 2019
art by Ojive DeLungela
shot by Sunni Dixon
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