What Remains

The exhibition, which continues through August 27, is part of PrintMatters Houston, a biennial city-wide celebration of original prints, the artists who create them and the people who collect them.

“My practice is grounded in the understanding that one’s self-perception and sense of belonging in a society begins in childhood,” Rome-Taylor explained. “Children are the subjects I use to explore how we gain a sense of belonging within our society,” she continued.

“These works explore what we pass down. From our family, our culture and our life experiences, we pass down artifacts in the physical and spiritual. Here, digital photographs have been converted into large-scale negatives, which are then exposed on fabric and cotton rag paper that has been coated with cyanotype chemicals. ‘What Remains’ after the prints are washed is a visual image of family artifacts and an exploration of history and spirit. It is what remains of our archives, ancestors and artifacts.