Heresy (Night Time Social Worker) - Miss Staring At The Dark But Their Eyes Are Watching God is a mixed media sculpture by Marcelline Mandeng Nken. Heresy, 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.

Year: 2022
Medium: 3d printed resin, cast packing tape,text
Dimensions: 12in x 14 in x 3in  

For more information about this piece, please contact info@goodblackart.com.