Donte K. Hayes has an interest in the African diaspora experience, but instead of thinking about generational trauma, he prefers to focus on "generational power," that makes people resilient. "It's like tapping into an ancestral wavelength," he explains.

Wavelength is one of 27 works made during the artist's residency at the Bemis Center in Omaha, Nebraska. This piece was inspired by a Ghanian pot discovered during his research of African art held by the Stanley Museum of Art. The waves found in Hayes' work build on the one in the Ghanian pot, like a riff or a harmony. The waves are also intended to evoke the trans-Atlantic passage that brought both the Ghanian pot and the artist's ancestors from West Africa to the Americas.

Source: DMAC News, May Jun Jul Aug 2022