Dana Davenport is an interdisciplinary artist, who shifts between installation, sculpture, video, and performance. Within her practice, Davenport addresses the complexities that surround interminority racism as a foundation for envisioning her own and the collective futurity of Black and Asian peoples. Davenport's research titled “Dana's Beauty Supply: Research,” examines Black hair and hair care as a material that binds Black Americans and Korean Americans through the beauty supply industry, an industry that is overwhelmingly Korean-owned with a primarily Black customer base.
Selected works
Box Braid Chandelier #3, 블랙파워 (beullaegpawo)-Black Power 2021 30 x 24in Steel, plastic beads, modeling clay, synthetic hair from Hair Style 21(Online) Image courtesy of the Artist
Box Braid Chandelier #4, 여름 훈녀 (yeoleum hunnyeo)-Hot Girl Summer 2021 38 x 19in Steel, plastic beads, modeling clay, synthetic hair from Raisa Beauty Supply (Brooklyn, NY) Image courtesy of the Artist
Box Braid Chandelier #5, 한 (han)-collective grief and resentment we carry because of oppression 2022 29 x 23in Steel, plastic beads, modeling clay, synthetic hair from Paradise of Eden Beauty Supply (Brooklyn, NY) Image courtesy of the ArtistDana’s Beauty Supply ~and relaxation space~
2021 Installation at Recess Art (Brooklyn, NY) Photo credit: Mary Kang
2021 Installation at Recess Art (Brooklyn, NY) Photo credit: Mary Kang
2021 Installation at Recess Art (Brooklyn, NY) Photo credit: Mary Kang
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