Royalty-free - Original Art - Khadija Jahmila
This piece has been SOLD.
Khadija Jahmila
Royalty-free
12x12in
digital collage on canvas
$200
***This piece is part of Free Music: The Illusion of Liberation, on view at Eaton House. Artwork will remain in the exhibition space until the deinstall of the show and will be available for pickup afterward.
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About the Artwork
Royalty-free is a digital collage confronting the illusion of artistic freedom under systems of commodification and control. A floating Black female figure emerges from a fractured landscape of analog and digital media—vinyl, cassette, tangled headphones—evoking a shift from creative ownership to exploitation. Burned money reveals profit made at the artist’s expense. A spray-painted hand asserts labor and authorship. A flickering TV with a loading symbol captures the stalled promise of exposure without reward. It suggests being stuck, waiting, or paused by forces outside your control — exactly like artists held up by algorithms, funding cycles, gatekeepers, or burnout. Graffiti textures layer resistance, voice, and memory. Her laser gaze pierces the noise with clarity and power. Music travels freely but the artists behind it remain unseen and uncompensated.
This piece has been SOLD.
Khadija Jahmila
Royalty-free
12x12in
digital collage on canvas
$200
***This piece is part of Free Music: The Illusion of Liberation, on view at Eaton House. Artwork will remain in the exhibition space until the deinstall of the show and will be available for pickup afterward.
--
About the Artwork
Royalty-free is a digital collage confronting the illusion of artistic freedom under systems of commodification and control. A floating Black female figure emerges from a fractured landscape of analog and digital media—vinyl, cassette, tangled headphones—evoking a shift from creative ownership to exploitation. Burned money reveals profit made at the artist’s expense. A spray-painted hand asserts labor and authorship. A flickering TV with a loading symbol captures the stalled promise of exposure without reward. It suggests being stuck, waiting, or paused by forces outside your control — exactly like artists held up by algorithms, funding cycles, gatekeepers, or burnout. Graffiti textures layer resistance, voice, and memory. Her laser gaze pierces the noise with clarity and power. Music travels freely but the artists behind it remain unseen and uncompensated.