Lachaune Moore: 17845

In LaChaun Moore's exhibition at the Hilliard Museum, cotton jackets suspended from the ceiling act as clouds, casting shadows while simultaneously existing as lovingly made, human objects heavy with legacy. Made by Moore from cotton, indigo, and other crops she's grown, these textiles represent the intentional agency she has enacted over the very systems of agriculture that once acted as systems of oppression for her ancestors and all Black and indigenous farmers. In an Afro-surrealist style intertwining the spirits of Toni Morrison and Salvador Dali, she crafts talismans of healing and growth through family heirlooms, informed by ancestral plant knowledge and a mastery over nature rooted indelibly in her own personal history. hilliardmuseum.org.