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"The work of contemporary artist Saya Woolfalk cannot be categorized easily – part painter, graphic designer sculptor, filmmaker, musician, futurist and philosopher –this talented Scarsdale native uses a variety of media to create highly original installations that are ripe with cultural and political overtones. Asked to describe what she does, Woolfalk says," I build installations and work with museums to build fictional cultures, videos, and performances. They begin with a fictional story that I flesh out using video, painting, and art."
Many of the installations include life-size mannequins, dressed in colorful costumes and ensconced in fictional environments where they examine cultural differences, racial stereotypes, gender types, and human relationships to the natural world.
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If you would like to see her work, her closest exhibit to the 'dale can now be viewed at the Afrofuturism exhibit at the Studio Museum of Harlem and visit Saya Woolfalk's website to learn more about her and her work."
