Booker is a great example of an artist who uses identity in her work. She once said, "When I get up each day, I begin with myself, as far as sculpting myself."
She recycles discarded tires in her pieces in reaction to her urban hometown of northern New Jersey. In this sense, she is relating herself back to where she grew up.
Her pieces also portray aspects of black culturde-the textures, organization, and color contained in the piece are reminiscent of African-American skin. The patterns within the tire paired with the geometric loops and shapes she creates resemble traditional African scarification. Booker uses her sculpture to reference culture and tradition, both of which provokes ideas about identity.
Some of her other work:
"The Fatality of Hope"
"Phobic Digression" 2006
"Anonymity" 2007
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Some questions about identity:
How does tradition make me who I am?
Does the color of my skin shape or affect my identity?
Does my race make me proud of who I am?
Does the place I reside have an effect on my actions?
What textural art materials can I use to represent the person I see myself as? (soft, rough, hard, sharp, brittle, etc.)
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