Inflammation VIII
Inflammation VIII

2024, Cast aluminum

Inflammation IV
Inflammation IV

2022, Acrylic on Canvas

Dreams of Honey (detail)
Dreams of Honey (detail)

2021, Ceramic, Steel, Soil

In the film Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), the white female main character is shown pulling a piece of honeycomb from an active beehive unscathed in a gesture meant to illustrate her freedom, agency, and fearlessness in the 1920s American south. Dreams of Honey depicts Big George, a black supporting character, dreaming of attempting the same feat.

Inflammation V
Inflammation V

2022, Oil Pastel on Paper

The Inflammation series draws attention to the shared imagery and emotions between themes of racial caricature, racially motivated violence, and Casey’s personal experience as a black man with an anaphylactic allergy. Engorged lips, swollen eyelids, and contorted expressions blur the line between the immune response of anaphylaxis and the wounds of the lynch mob.

Inflammation II
Inflammation II

2021, Oil Pastel on Paper

The Inflammation series draws attention to the shared imagery and emotions between themes of racial caricature, racially motivated violence, and Casey’s personal experience as a black man with an anaphylactic allergy. Engorged lips, swollen eyelids, and contorted expressions blur the line between the immune response of anaphylaxis and the wounds of the lynch mob.

Inflammation I
Inflammation I

2021, Oil Pastel on Paper

The Inflammation series draws attention to the shared imagery and emotions between themes of racial caricature, racially motivated violence, and Casey’s personal experience as a black man with an anaphylactic allergy. Engorged lips, swollen eyelids, and contorted expressions blur the line between the immune response of anaphylaxis and the wounds of the lynch mob.

Inflammation VIII
Inflammation IV
Dreams of Honey (detail)
Inflammation V
Inflammation II
Inflammation I
Inflammation VIII

2024, Cast aluminum

Inflammation IV

2022, Acrylic on Canvas

Dreams of Honey (detail)

2021, Ceramic, Steel, Soil

In the film Fried Green Tomatoes (1991), the white female main character is shown pulling a piece of honeycomb from an active beehive unscathed in a gesture meant to illustrate her freedom, agency, and fearlessness in the 1920s American south. Dreams of Honey depicts Big George, a black supporting character, dreaming of attempting the same feat.

Inflammation V

2022, Oil Pastel on Paper

The Inflammation series draws attention to the shared imagery and emotions between themes of racial caricature, racially motivated violence, and Casey’s personal experience as a black man with an anaphylactic allergy. Engorged lips, swollen eyelids, and contorted expressions blur the line between the immune response of anaphylaxis and the wounds of the lynch mob.

Inflammation II

2021, Oil Pastel on Paper

The Inflammation series draws attention to the shared imagery and emotions between themes of racial caricature, racially motivated violence, and Casey’s personal experience as a black man with an anaphylactic allergy. Engorged lips, swollen eyelids, and contorted expressions blur the line between the immune response of anaphylaxis and the wounds of the lynch mob.

Inflammation I

2021, Oil Pastel on Paper

The Inflammation series draws attention to the shared imagery and emotions between themes of racial caricature, racially motivated violence, and Casey’s personal experience as a black man with an anaphylactic allergy. Engorged lips, swollen eyelids, and contorted expressions blur the line between the immune response of anaphylaxis and the wounds of the lynch mob.

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