BY Dinizulu Gene Tinnie By now, many of us have received the word that one of our greatest artists, Elizabeth Catlett, died this past Monday, April 2, in her sleep. She was a globally recognized genius in both sculpture (in various materials) and printmaking. She was a true icon and a source inspiration to many [...]
Front: The Beautyful Ones: “The odd couple: agitprop and the griot tradition A former Sudanese child soldier who now raps about his life in often-bland verse is seated next to a lithe Congolese dancer and choreographer who, in his youth, dreamt that he would rewrite African literature. In Johannesburg for a conference entitled ‘Art in [...]
“Total Disappearance, v.1 (video still)” archival pigment print on Canson paper [Narrated video] Jan., 2012 – Onajide Shabaka is thrilled to announce the opening of “Mangrove Mud Womp,” a solo exhibition of work by multimedia artist, featuring prints, drawings, videos, and sculpture at Second Avenue Studio, on the downtown Fort Lauderdale campus of Florida Atlantic [...]
Couple Donates Collection of African-American Works to Georgia Museum of Art: “GEORGIA, USA—Part-time Atlantans Larry and Brenda Thompson, who have amassed one of the country’s major private collections of African-American art, are donating 100 works to the Georgia Museum of Art, with the promise of more in the future, and they also will fund a [...]
I don’t currently have a radio and had no way to hear this broadcast. However, I recently had a conversation with my niece who mentioned both her mother and father (my brother) praising my fashion designs from many years ago, before her birth. I’m honored, yet disappointed what I was attempting to do conceptually: natural [...]
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