Joy Curtis is a sculptor who lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. We talked about her solo show Skeleton Woman at Klaus Von Nichtsaggend gallery which is on view through January 9, 2020, the ideas around healing, surrender, and transformation that are woven into the work, and her turn towards softer and more vulnerable forms since her last solo show at Klaus.

https://klausgallery.com/exhibition/joy-curtis-2020-12-4/#joy-curtis-5542

http://www.joycurtisartist.com/

Books and related reading / viewing:

My Grandmother’s Hands:
https://www.amazon.com/My-Grandmothers-Hands-Racialized-Pathway/dp/1942094477

https://www.amazon.com/Flash-Spirit-African-Afro-American-Philosophy/dp/0394723694

Audre Lorde - Uses of the Erotic: https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-binaries/11881_Chapter_5.pdf

bell hooks - Communion:
https://www.amazon.com/Communion-Female-Search-bell-hooks/dp/0060938293

About Butoh:
https://tricycle.org/trikedaily/butoh-japanese-dance-darkness/

CHEER-TOH
https://vimeo.com/5087474