In choosing to research Self for my final project, I knew I would have to somehow interact with the mediation of black bodies to their viewers within the art world. When researching for my final essay on Self, I seek to discern the answer to the question of what exactly her art does for its audiences and where its place is within the art world? Because she is young and there is now a push to decolonize what we label to be art worthy of presence in a museum, her place in this dialogue is interesting to me especially because of the way she chooses to portray black women in a way that embraces and pulls upon their stereotypes instead of pushing them away.