Resilience, 2013, Mixed-media assemblage 55 x 21 x 11 3/4 inches, © Vanessa German, courtesy of the artist and Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.

So many many dead black bodies, or, the why niggas always gotta be shootin' when they get mad, or take your beef outside, or, the trauma stays and stays and stays, or once again, the derivative ____ makes a mockable, public spectacle of her grief, 2014, Mixed-media assemblage, 48 x 60 x 30 inches, © Vanessa German, courtesy of the artist and Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.

Still I Rise Fleischmann's Active Yeast, 2011, Mixed media assemblage, 30 1/2 × 13 × 13 inches, © Vanessa German, courtesy of the artist and Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York

Reality Check: To Call the Police Use this Phone, 2013, Mixed media assemblage 46 x 24 x 14 inches, © Vanessa German, courtesy of the artist and Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York.

Safety, Mixed media assemblage, © Vanessa German, courtesy of the artist.