Tag: brancusi

• Talking Heads: Jimmie Durham & Wangechi Mutu

  

    I recently encountered two similar works of art, one in L.A. and the other online: the first is by an artist with a 40+ year career who has self selected out of the U.S. art scene for over 2 decades and the second is from a Kenyan born artist with a Brooklyn based practice…

  cultureshockart

  March 23, 2017

  Art, Art in Los Angeles, black history, Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, new york, sculpture, Uncategorized

  brancusi, Gladstone Gallery, Jimmie Durham, Los Angeles, New York, Sculpture, the Hammer Museum, Wangechi Mutu

• Artist a Day Challenge No.4: Elizabeth Catlett

  In November I saw “Sharecropper” by Elizabeth Catlett at LACMA.  I loved the depiction of the duality of strength and despair shown as byproducts of exploitation in this piece.  As a graphic designer and sculptor in the 30’s and 40’s, much of Catlett’s art highlighted African-American and Mexican women as caretakers, patriarchs, workers and nurturers; her work was used as a platform…

  cultureshockart

  February 4, 2015

  Art, black history, Los Angeles, Modern Art, Museums, sculpture

  brancusi, elizabeth catlett, grafica popular, graphic artist, henry moore, LACMA, mexico, political activism, Sculpture, sharecropper