“Oracle came about from my interest in mythology in general,” the artist explains. “Historical mythology from various cultures, but then also realising that, as an artist, I’m a storyteller, and each piece has some degree of narrative to it. So, I’m mythmaking as well, looking back at myth and then creating contemporary myths that could actually be analysed and influential in the future. I think of future generations looking back at this piece and trying to figure out what society made it. Where did it come from? Is this a European object? Is it an African object? An American object, whatever that might mean? And what was happening in the world for it to be made?” #SanfordBiggers Elodie Saint-Louis (aselodie) speaks with Sanford Biggers (sanfordbiggers) about the whitewashing of Greco-Roman statues, the decontextualisation of African art, and performativity of objects. Sanford Biggers. Photographed by Daniel Greer.