Dimé’s imposing wooden form incorporates organic and industrial elements, each sourced from Dakar’s urban environment. The sculpture connects the physical labor of artmaking to Sufi spirituality and Islamic practices while reflecting the artist’s study of street carvers and furniture makers, combining woodworking by hand with material salvage. The solid tree trunk that comprises the figure’s vertical axis would, in Senegal, be recognizable to many as a makeshift butcher’s block; by reusing this wood, Dimé drew from a traditionally masculine vocation to create a feminine figure.
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