Fragmented Identity - JUNNY Hibbert

Title - Fragmented Identity

Year - 2024

Medium - Armature - Foam, upcycled denim, african woven fabric, african beading, beading

Height 10 inches - Head Circ - 22 inches - Base 3 inches

VISIBLE / IN VISIBLE

"An exploration of presence, identity and resilience." - JUNNY Hibbert

This body of work delves into the intricate interplay between what is seen and unseen, heard and unheard. Through sculptural forms and mixed media, Visible /Invisible captures the challenges and triumphs of Black women, balancing the visible strength of cultural pride with the often invisible emotional labor and struggles. Each piece evokes a dialogue between history and modernity, tradition and progress, unity and individuality.

Fragmented Identity: Artist Statement

Fragmented Identity represents the complex tension between individuality and the relentless demands of a world that often moves faster than our capacity to deeply engage. It captures the nuanced, verbal and nonverbal ways we adapt and exhibit resilience—especially as Black women navigating spaces that demand constant reinvention.

This work speaks to the shared experience of fragmentation—the grind, the chaos, and the relentless pace of technological and corporate environments that often threaten to silence creativity and personal voice. Yet within this, there lies a thread of agency in how we’ve learned to adapt. We “speak” multiple languages and traverse these spaces with a blend of strategy and awareness, a skillset both necessary and bittersweet.

Our adaptations—becoming these “gasoline” versions of ourselves—function as survival mechanisms, but they also come at a cost. They reflect the systems that compel Black women to excel and overperform, often in ways that dilute our true essence and voice.

This work questions: How do we reclaim time, space, and the voice for art, self-reflection, and creativity without compromising our ability to survive and thrive in fast-paced, transactional worlds? Fragmented Identity explores the tension between navigating a “bot-like” existence and nurturing the human, creative, and soulful self. It is both a call to reflection and a meditation on reclaiming balance.

Fragmented Identity

Every place feels worse than the last,

hair, so much hair,

stairs stretching endlessly,

cold, dark basements, no light.

The next place will be home,

but it never is.

Who am I? What am I?

Cold, desperate,

smiling yet drowning.

Have I lost myself?

Who am I? What am I?

Is home my identity? ---- JUNNY®

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