Putrid Since ‘98

DèShaun the Fruit

mixed media / 2021

6.4.21 / Studio 62 (2729 N 62nd St.)

Music producer Tschida created a soundscape to accompany the work, available to stream on SoundCloud.

Being rooted and raised in North Omaha, Nebraska, an individual of my nature learns how to value metamorphosis. I strategically blend the gems of "Afrocentrism" and "Horror'' to beam truth on the lack of Black representation in American Arts and Literature.

I summon my canvas with possessed eye whites and the results are truly uncanny. Rest assured that my people are presented with honor and respect. In the eye of my mind, it has always been Surrealism versus Abstract Expressionism, essentially life versus death. With the push of my pen I seek to balance the two in their purest form.

My pieces are fragments of trauma in time and it is up to you as the viewer to unearth your own healing process. It has begun.