Honor Thyself — Martha's Contemporary

Honor Thyself: Cindy Elizabeth and Alexis Pye

November 2021

Curated by Mueni Loko Rudd

Supported by Austin Mutual Aid

Honor Thyself, curated by Mueni Loko Rudd, shares a collection of photography and painting works from Black women- identifying artists based across Texas. The rationale of this show is rooted in the curator’s prioritization of local Black communities and sisterhood in art programming. The intention of Honor Thyself is deeply motivated to create safe local art spaces that lovingly amplify the complexities and differences of Black artists in the lone star state. Cindy Elizabeth and Alexis Pye touchingly center and reimagine ways we receive concepts of Blackness in their pieces. They invite viewers to revisit the perceptions of humanity in the subjects, their possessions, rituals, or the spaces they take up. Honor Thyself is a reminder to self-actualize, heal, and divest from colonial patriarchal ideas of worth in art culture to get a little more free.

**Cindy Elizabeth**
*Juneteenth Cowboy* (1/3)
Original Digital Photograph
Printed on Archival Matte Paper
24" x 36" Framed

**Cindy Elizabeth**
*Family Tree* (1/2)
Original Digital Photograph
Printed on Archival Matte Paper
36" x 24" Framed

**Cindy Elizabeth**
*Miss Juneteenth Austin* (1/3)
Original Digital Photograph
Printed on Archival Matte Paper
36" x 24" Framed

Cindy Elizabeth
*Wash Day* (1/3)
Original Digital Photograph
Printed on Archival Matte Paper
24" x 36" Framed

**Cindy Elizabeth**
*Psalm 23* (1/2)
Original Digital Photograph
Printed on Archival Matte Paper
24" x 36" Framed

**Cindy Elizabeth**
*24 Karat* (1/1)
Original Digital Photograph
Printed on Archival Matte Paper
24" x 36" Framed

**Alexis Pye**
*All Right Now*
2021
Gouache and graphite on vellum toned paper, acrylic yarn on wood panel
30” x 24”

**Alexis Pye**
*Gratiot Kings*
2021
Oil paint, pastel, and stick on primed stretched canvas
36” x 48”

**Alexis Pye**
"*You seem like someone who would listen to Tribe”- Uncle Tob*
2021
Oil paint, pastel and stick on primed stretched canvas
30" x 30"

**Alexis Pye**
*Strawberry Fields Forever*
2021
Oil paint, pastel, and stick on primed canvases, acrylic yarn
83.5" x 48"

**Alexis Pye**
*Found*
2021
Gouache and graphite on vellum toned paper, acrylic yarn on wood panel
20” x 20”