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Photo by Mercy Adeyemi on August 30, 2026. May be an image of magazine, poster and text that says 'MERC RC স্টালগরর PRISCILLA.M ART PRISCILLA.MART&CRAFT.. & CRAFT ER GE Held by Heritage. Adiretextile&painting painting Adiretextile& Swipetoread'.
Photo by Mercy Adeyemi on August 30, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, card, poster and text that says '01 WHAT HERITAGE CARRIES You carry more than you know. Before you learned your name your heritage was salready shaping the way you stand, the way move, the way you hold your hands when no one is watching. Heritage not history. Itisthelivingcurrent the living current running thr through you right now. Mercy Adeyemi Held MercyAdeyemiHeldbyHeritag by Heritage'.
Photo by Mercy Adeyemi on August 30, 2026. May be an illustration of one or more people, card, magazine, poster and text that says '02 THE EMOTION She is not kneeling. She is receiving. There is a difference between bowing in defeat and bowing in gratitude. 1٠1 10 MercyAdeyem Mercy Adeyemi textile& painting'.
Photo by Mercy Adeyemi on August 30, 2026. May be a doodle of one or more people, card, magazine, poster and text that says '03 THE EPSYCHOLOGY Open hands. Open heart. Receiving what was always yours. Psychologists Psychologistsspeakol speakof of 'received identity' we inherit before we choose anything. ler open hands say: Ireceive what was survived for me. Preceive what was dreamed will carry it forward. tor me. Mercy Adeyemi Held by Heritage'.
Photo by Mercy Adeyemi on August 30, 2026. May be an illustration of card, poster and text that says '04 TH FABRIC Purple has always meant royalty. In Yoruba tradition, violet and purple speak of spiritual authority and ancestral connection. The Adire swirls around her like conversation between generations. Her sandy figure glows at the centre of all of it. Held. Not trapped. Rooted. Not buried. Carried. Not crushed. Priscilla.M Priscilla.MArt&Craft Nigeria'.
Photo by Mercy Adeyemi on August 30, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, people standing, poster and text that says '05 THE WOMEN BEFORE YOU Somebody prayed for you to exist. Somebody survived so you could stand here. woman you never met madea decision ina hard moment that led directly to you. You are not just yourself. You are ever her that she hoped was possible. Heritage not burden. Itisaloveletter letter written across generations. She is reading hers.'.
Photo by Mercy Adeyemi on August 30, 2026. May be an image of one or more people, poster, bra, magazine and text that says '06 6ARTISTSTATEMENT ARTIST STATEMENT "She does not carry her heritage like a weight. She wears it like a second skin." Ihand-dyedthis ed this fabric in deep purple thecolouro spiritual depth and anc estral memory. Iplaced her atitscentre: sandy, luminous, open-handed -handed. Headtilt not defeat, but in quiet acknow t all that CATE before her. This piece asks one juestion: jues Are you letting your heritage hold you? Mercy Adeyemi'.
Photo by Mercy Adeyemi on August 30, 2026. May be an image of poster, magazine and text that says '07 COLLECT CONNECT What are you carrying forward from those before you? This piece holds space for that question. Original Adire textile & painting. Hand-dyed. Hand-painted. Oneofakind- kind Oneo like every lineage. DM to collect. Mercy Adeyemi Visual Artist •Nigeria Priscilla.M Priscilla.MArt&Craft Art Craft YouTube: Priscilla.Mart&craft'.
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Posted On: August 30th 2026, 04:22 pm
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