Art + Artists

Sharon Norwood’s work invites the viewer to consider our relationships to the real world history of “otherness” by reframing familiar narratives and providing an alternate context for contemplation. We are different yet inexplicably connected in our intertwined histories, and Norwood’s work seeks to interrogate those spaces that both fracture and unite our understanding of self and “otherness.” In her work the curly line takes on special importance; at times it becomes a metaphor for the black body, while at other times it lives within a decorative, ornate space that connects us back to the formal language of drawing and mark making.