She is a Verb

She is a Verb, 2023

Salon 94 in collaboration with Devals is delighted to present Kennedy Yanko’s first solo exhibition in France

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Copper’s a material I’ve always enjoyed for its ease and grace; it lets itself bend and age, wearing what it endures and absorbing time in the form of dings, dents, and patinas. It’ll carry marks of salmon pink that turn to dark brown and eventually, a spectrum of green.

won’t you celebrate with me
what i have shaped into
a kind of life? i had no model.
born in babylon
both nonwhite and woman
what did i see to be except myself?
i made it up
here on this bridge between
starshine and clay,
my one hand holding tight
my other hand; come celebrate
with me that everyday
something has tried to kill me
and has failed.

Lucille Clifton