Laura Allen Noel
Must I Love My Captor, 2025
Collage of ink, acrylic, custom stamp, and paper
9” x 12”
Noel creates drawings and collages that incorporate custom ink stamps to contemplate the lack of safe haven now intrinsic to the US. These stamps are meant to evoke the stamps found on passports and official documents, used by government officials to either grant or deny entry into the United States with a single gesture.