Naples Photograph Series, 2016-2017
Digital photo collages printed on aluminum panels

2016 series exhibited in Naples, Italy
2017 series exhibited in Chicago, IL

Born from a desire to have a visual discourse with the ubiquitous graffiti in Naples, Sykes photographed small fragments of street art, printed the fragments on aluminum panels to further transmute the images, and combined the panels to create new compositions in her own gestural language. From images on ancient walls to abstract forms on a modern material, Sykes used her expressive voice to transfigure a common sight into an unexpected one.