Artist Anya Paintsil and gallerist Hannah Traore discuss art and inclusion

<p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/anyapaintsil/?hl=en">Anya Paintsil</a> is a Welsh and Ghanaian artist working primarily with textiles. From rug hooking to embroidery, her assemblages evoke tactile tapestry on the one hand, and constitute semi-sculptural interventions on the other. Playful and profound, flippant and forceful, her practice engages the language of fibers — of all kinds — with interrogations of materiality and political personhood. To celebrate Anya’s new exhibition in New York, Hannah Traore, founder and director of the <a href="https://hannahtraoregallery.com/">Hannah Traore Gallery</a>—a space committed to advocating for artists who have been historically marginalized—invited the artist on the Gucci Podcast. The result is a conversation about Anya’s art, the meaning of hair represented in her show, and her life as a Black artist growing up in Wales for a special episode debuting during Black History month in the UK.</p><p>This episode was produced by <a href="https://equilibrium.gucci.com/about/">Gucci Equilibrium</a>, the House’s commitment to generate positive change for people and for our planet.</p>