{"product_id":"claudia-aziza-giibson-hunter-correspondances-1","title":"Claudia \"Aziza\" Giibson-Hunter — Correspondances #1","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtist Statement\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaudia “Aziza” Gibson-Hunter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI explore storytelling through visual culture, drawing from observation, lived experience, ancestral memory, and nature. The needs of the story determine the medium. My process is a dialogue with past, present, and future—sometimes leaving stories incomplete when only partially understood. In those moments, the artwork becomes a bridge, a conduit connecting generations. Ancestral beliefs and philosophies are embedded through code, symbolism, and metaphor as I ponder humanity, the universe, and my place within it, seeking insight in the realms of the intuitive and invisible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy current body of work, Flight School, uses abstraction to capture and make visible the vitality of Black people. For five years, I have built this framework through research ranging from anthropology to poetry. The Reconstruction era (1860–1880), described by W.E.B. Du Bois as transformative, embodied the ingenuity and forward energy I wanted to express. In just two decades, formerly enslaved people constructed schools, hospitals, businesses, and communities—monumental achievements that required extraordinary tenacity and vision. They carried an energy of grace, confidence, and guardianship for the future. I began to ask if the vitality of Reconstruction could serve as both inspiration and instruction for us today. Reading narratives of enslaved Africans who transcended the fields to accomplish the seemingly impossible, I sensed a spiritual consciousness that enabled healing, planning, and creation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Claudia \"Aziza\" Giibson-Hunter","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51658869047602,"sku":"CORR26-CLAUDIA-AZIZA-GIIBSON-HUNTER-1","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/4869\/8160\/files\/Claudia_Aziza_Giibson-Hunter_01.jpg?v=1787768842","url":"https:\/\/thecurators.com\/ar\/products\/claudia-aziza-giibson-hunter-correspondances-1","provider":"The Curators","version":"1.0","type":"link"}