Jordany Genao

 

A multimedia installation of a black wall and gray floor. On the wall is a page from a book of a Taíno ceramic figurine. On the ground in front of the figurine image are two teardrop shaped objects connected by a row of sectioned terracotta colored material with wrinkles and a white line down the center.
Jordany Genao, Ilewei de platano, banana flower
2023 Ceramic, decal, glaze, banana silk thread, dehydrated bananas,
page from Taíno: Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean, glass
66 x 10 x 8 inches (banana flower)

 

In the center of a circle of tan sand colored powder is a black ceramic orb connected to three smaller black oblong orbs that jut out to the left right and center covered in gray images. On top of the black ceramic are two stacked, connected oblong ceramic orbs adorned with mesh and beads hanging from thread.
Jordany Genao, elements, elementos, apuxii’no
2023 Ceramic, glaze, cassava powder, tapioca pearls, decal, mesh, rayon thread
26 x 20 inches