{"title":"Marcelline Mandeng","description":"\u003ch2\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e\"\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eWhat I understand to be true about myself and where I come from, at any given moment, shapes the voice I can rely on to carve out space.\u003c\/span\u003e'\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarcelline Mandeng Nken is a video and performance installation artist born in Yaoundé, Cameroon, who moved to the US at age 11. Her work is a powerful exploration of the experiences of Black women living in the margins of society, set against cinematic and mythic landscapes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDrawing from a matrilineal lineage of caretakers, including medical service practitioners and holistic root workers, Marcelline is invested in economies of care as systems of value within the home, taught and inherited genetically as a birthright. She's exhibited at Macao Milano in Milan, Trinity Square Video in Toronto, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, the Santa Fe Institute, and MoMA PS1 in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHometown\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYaoundé, Cameroon\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"house","title":"House","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHouse, 2023 is a monolithic sculpture cast in colored resin, resembling a stone tablet. Within a larger installation that reimagines the myth of Isis and Osiris through exercises in abstraction, it serves as an emblem of communal grieving. Reflecting on the role of heirlooms as living documents of ritual within the realm of the domestic, imbued with both utility and psychic resonance, the sculpture becomes a marker of Isis’s grief-stricken home. It functions as a tombstone, invoking the disappeared, fragmented, and adorned body of her lover Osiris.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":4225,\"3\":[null,4,\"\\\"$\\\"#,##0\",1],\"10\":2,\"15\":\"Arial\"}' data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"10x10\"}'\u003eYear: 2023\u003cbr\u003eMedium: cast resin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDimensions: 20.5in x 12.5 in x 2in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAll works are original \u003cbr\u003eAll works come with a signed Certificate of Authenticity  \u003cbr\u003eAll orders ship within 3-4 weeks \u003cbr\u003eAll measurements are in US customary units\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFor more information about this piece, please contact \u003ca href=\"mailto:info@goodblackart.com\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003einfo@goodblackart.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marcelline Mandeng Nken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45433316638917,"sku":null,"price":1500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0585\/4602\/8741\/files\/ScreenShot2025-11-24at5.08.30PM.png?v=1764654533"},{"product_id":"heresy-night-time-social-worker-miss-8-and-feeling-unseen-9-and-feeling-unloved","title":"Heresy (Night Time Social Worker) - Miss 8 And Feeling unseen, 9 and Feeling Unloved","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHeresy, 2022 puts the figure of the night time social worker into focus, displaying pairs of transparent high heels arranged in various dance foot formations as symbolic stand-ins. Drawing from the impossibility of putting yourself in someone else's shoes, the Cinderella trope is reified to illuminate the struggles of street-working women who perform invisible acts of intimate labor in order to survive. Each pair of shoes is accompanied by a \"Miss [X] \" title, echoing the pageantry of strolling, followed by a quote from an author like Zora Neale Hurston, a pop cultural citation like Pretty Woman or a reference to the ballroom scene where the complexities of being Black, feminine and trans are honored and celebrated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-value='{\"1\":2,\"2\":\"10x10\"}' data-sheets-userformat='{\"2\":4225,\"3\":[null,4,\"\\\"$\\\"#,##0\",1],\"10\":2,\"15\":\"Arial\"}'\u003eYear: 2022\u003cbr\u003eMedium: 3d printed resin, cast packing tape,text\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDimensions: 12in x 14 in x 3in  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAll works are original \u003cbr\u003eAll works come with a signed Certificate of Authenticity  \u003cbr\u003eAll orders ship within 3-4 weeks \u003cbr\u003eAll measurements are in US customary units\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eFor more information about this piece, please contact \u003ca href=\"mailto:info@goodblackart.com\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003einfo@goodblackart.com\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marcelline Mandeng Nken","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45433319981253,"sku":null,"price":500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0585\/4602\/8741\/files\/ScreenShot2025-11-24at5.09.18PM.png?v=1764654663"},{"product_id":"heresy-night-time-social-worker-miss-staring-at-the-dark-but-their-eyes-are-watching-god","title":"Heresy (Night Time Social Worker) - Miss Staring At The Dark But Their Eyes Are Watching God","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan data-sheets-root=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eHeresy, 2022 puts the figure of the night time social worker into focus, displaying pairs of transparent high heels arranged in various dance foot formations as symbolic stand-ins. 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