This is one linocut print out of 4 from the series Baylee calls the "Native Lesbian Poet Family Tree Series" which focuses on Indigenous lesbian poets. A linocut print inspired by the words of Audre Lorde. Read Baylee's artist statement about Audre Lorde below.
marginalized identities
indigenous lesbian | lesbian of color | trans lesbian | nonbinary lesbian | MENA | lebanese | northern cheyenne | multiracial identity
creator
Baylee
summary
I read Audre Lorde’s biomythography, Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, for the first time when I was 19. I was having backburner thoughts about gender and sexuality (at the time I identified as a cis bisexual woman) and this book came to me at exactly the right time. To this day, Lorde’s depiction of sapphism is what grounds and defines my own lesbianism. Lorde was my first queer ancestor and my first named creative ancestor, which makes her double important to me in a way that goes beyond words. This quote from Zami has always stood out to me, along with the very clear description of the card. I loved the idea that you can profess your love to someone with something slightly absurd yet deeply romantic when infused with love. I made these for my friends for Valentine’s Day 2023 after fantasizing about making a print of the greeting card for several months.
keywords
print | art | linocut | black lesbian | black lesbian writer | audre lorde | valentine's day
