3 PointofWater

The Point of Water, Gallery 128, New York City, 8 feet x 7 feet x 5 inches, steel, 2008 ||| Composed of fabricated & recycled steel objects. In Bamana thought, along with north, south east & west, water is the 5th cardinal point. Water determines where villages are located. Circles symbolize water. Ellipses can symbolize a body of water.

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8 lots of pots

Pots Ready for Firing ||| Firings take place every Saturday and Sunday. By mid-afternoon, the unfired pots are brought to the firing place. This takes many hours. For each trip to the firing place, a woman carries at least two on her head and one in her hand. Visible here are pots for storing water, cooking, carrying embers, and wavy lipped flower pots.

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