Jeff Marley
Cherokee, North Carolina, United States
Jeff Marley: artist, provocateur, indigenous
The process of decolonization in my work allows me to link back to and work from a place in my community. Exploring decolonization in this manner has allowed me to reconcile issues of race, identity, and culture, as well as my place within those concepts. It is not my role or place to be an informant to the occidental culture on the formal aspects of my culture, but rather to use culturally based concepts to create an experience that facilitates a deepened understanding.