Gath fuses her practices in painting and performance in a work that positions a self-portrait in the process of making an artwork. The figure is frozen in a moment of creation as she tapes a <Mos Def> lyric* to the floor in the gallery space. Gath’s chosen text sites the inheritance of love and its healthy manifestation in future generations through acts of kindness and artistry.

– Liz Munsell

* “My folks said they wuz in love when they had me
     I take the love they made me wit to make…”

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