
WITCHES, No One Gives You Power You Just Take It
2023
This embroidered work presents text in a grid pattern against a neutral, cream colored ground. The phrase NO ONE GIVES YOU POWER YOU JUST TAKE IT is rendered in capital letters using gray thread on muslin fabric, creating a stark, legible message through the deliberate intervention of needle and thread. The grid structure underlying the composition emphasizes both the meditative, labor intensive nature of embroidery and the measured delivery of an assertive statement. Amer's use of traditional craft techniques to convey contemporary feminist discourse positions embroidery as a site of reclamation, transforming a historically gendered medium into a vehicle for empowerment and resistance.
- Medium
- Embroidery on muslin
- Overall
- Location
- Tina Kim Gallery, New York, NY
- Spotted At
- Gallery · Tina Kim GalleryView on map
Notes
Tina Kim Gallery, Frieze New York 2026, Booth A9, The Shed, May 13–17, 2026. Inquiries: info@tinakimgallery.com.
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