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Image courtesy the Artist and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. ©️ Basil Kincaid.
Melanin Activation
Image courtesy the Artist and Venus Over Manhattan, New York. ©️ Basil Kincaid.

Melanin Activation

Artist (born 1986)
Date2020-2022
MediumArtist’s clothing, Ghanaian wax block fabric, Nigerian lace, cotton, embroidery floss, and sequins
Dimensions106 × 91 × 1 in. (269.2 × 231.1 × 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsTextile
Credit LineCrystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas, Purchased with the Fund for Craft, 2026.30
Signedl.r., in blue thread: Basil Kincaid
Accession number 2026.30
On View
On view
Provenancepurchased from the Artist by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR, 2026
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