Paula Wilson: Toward the Sky’s Back Door spikey Whitten undertook an extraordinary journey

Whitten undertook an extraordinary journey in becoming an artist

The working title for Menu No 10 was “Trash Fire”: recipes to be cooked and eaten around a bonfire

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Paula Wilson: Toward the Sky’s Back Door spikey Whitten undertook an extraordinary journeyWilson invokes her own Black biracial identity in her mixed media pieces, inspired by art historical traditions as much as the plants outside her door This first major monograph features nearly two decades of work by American artist Paula Wilson (born 1975), who frequently intermixes her identity as a Black biracial artist, living in a rural desert town in New Mexico, with narratives and motifs across time and place. Toward the Skys Back Door