She turned the Sun and Moon into a Salve

She turned the sun and moon into a salve, Mawu and Lisa is a body of work by Chabwera reflective of her desire to embrace taboo aspects of her character. Created over the course of 18 months, these works are a meditation - exemplified by the hand stitched beads woven into the canvas, and the oscillating flow of cosmos serving as a backdrop for the two totemic women. By representing two fiercely unabashed and empowered Black women atop each other, one a fictional character in Katori Hall’s P Valley, the other a 1996 Lil’ Kim aspread her debut album Hardcore, Mahari creates a portal of raw feminine agency.