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Black History Month Art #7: Guest Post!
TGIF! In celebration of Black History month I’m highlighting Black Art in all forms (as artists, subjects, creators and inspirations) and today I’m happy to bring you a post by one of my faithful readers: She’s a retiree, an avid reader and gardener, plus she is the star of one of my most popular posts…
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My February Polyvore Picks- 9 to 5 Chic
February 2013 by cultureshockart featuring ClareVivier Red valentino $445 – farfetch.com Burberry burberry.com Jil sander $340 – theoutnet.com Gucci leather pumps dellamoda.com Clare Vivier leather bag stevenalan.com
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Black History Month Art #6: Mark Bradford
This piece, created by Bradford in 2006 is a commentary on the 1921 race riot in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a city that contained a neighborhood of affluent African-Americans that was nick named the Black Wall Street. The race riot, stemming from alleged rumors of an assault, virtually decimated the Greenwood neighborhood, leaving hundreds dead and thousands…
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Black History Month Art #5: MoAD
I took this picture in 2010 during a visit to the Museum of African Diaspora in San Francisco. This is a piece created from a photo by Chester Jiggins Jr. The piece spans 2 stories and is fashioned from over 2,000 individual photos from people all over the world. It’s stunning in person, and the…
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Black History Month #4: Hank Mobley and Blue Note
Thought I’d share what I listened to Tuesday night. One day I will dedicate a post or two about the legendary Blue Note Records and the beautiful Photography of Francis Wolff and incredible Graphic Design of Reid Miles. One of my most cherished art books is a collection of over 400 Blue Note Album covers…
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Black History Month Art #2: Henry O. Tanner, 1893
The Banjo Lesson. This was another piece that I saw at the Rhapsodies in Black show at the Palace of Legion of Honor way back in 1998, but this work means so much to me because my parents have a copy of this in their home; I adore it. Technically it is such a…
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Black History Month-A Daily Dose of Art #1: Archibald J. Motley Jr., 1929
In honor of Black History Month, I decided to post works from some of my favorite black artists. I’m also going to attempt a post a day, so we’ll see how this goes. This first piece is from a show I saw in San Francisco in 1998, called Rhapsodies in Black. At this time in…
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Los Angeles Reads? Presenting the L.A. Art Book Fair
Who reads books anymore? Well evidently over 2,500 people do-specifically Art Books. That’s the number of art book lovers that showed up to the Geffen Contemporary for opening night of the L.A. Art Book Fair. I checked it out Friday and was amazed by the sheer number of vendors who participated in the inaugural event…
Colony Little, Culture Shock Art 