How To Dry Your Tears
by Melissa Shaginoff
A selection from a series of memes Melissa Shaganoff has made in response to her time working and studying within art institutions. Addressing her experience as an Alaska Native person, these memes are imagined as handkerchiefs, to dry her tears with, using humor to help her cope with her daily encounters with colonialism, ignorance and stereotyping.
2018
5.5”x8.5”
16 pages
by Melissa Shaginoff
A selection from a series of memes Melissa Shaganoff has made in response to her time working and studying within art institutions. Addressing her experience as an Alaska Native person, these memes are imagined as handkerchiefs, to dry her tears with, using humor to help her cope with her daily encounters with colonialism, ignorance and stereotyping.
2018
5.5”x8.5”
16 pages
by Melissa Shaginoff
A selection from a series of memes Melissa Shaganoff has made in response to her time working and studying within art institutions. Addressing her experience as an Alaska Native person, these memes are imagined as handkerchiefs, to dry her tears with, using humor to help her cope with her daily encounters with colonialism, ignorance and stereotyping.
2018
5.5”x8.5”
16 pages