The title of this work is from Sylvia Plath’s poem Tulips. Can a Black woman aspire to the same peace as a white woman? This piece interrogates the tension between the dual realities that for a Black (and fat!) woman, stillness is often out of reach/ out of bounds (our very existence is a provocation) but stillness is necessary for creation, renewal, growth, all we need to thrive.
14” x 17.5”
paper and embroidery collage on cork
2025
The title of this work is from Sylvia Plath’s poem Tulips. Can a Black woman aspire to the same peace as a white woman? This piece interrogates the tension between the dual realities that for a Black (and fat!) woman, stillness is often out of reach/ out of bounds (our very existence is a provocation) but stillness is necessary for creation, renewal, growth, all we need to thrive.
14” x 17.5”
paper and embroidery collage on cork
2025
Paulette Beete is a multi-disciplinary artist.
