Tag: Ebony Patterson

• Poems and Portraits: Revealing and Reclaiming Blackness in Western Art

  

  The cover of Robin Coste Lewis’ book, Voyage of the Sable Venus features a Harlem Renaissance era photo of a slim black woman standing on a sidewalk deep in thought. With one hand resting on her hip and the other cradling her chin, the woman is pondering what lies behind the glass window in front…

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  September 19, 2017

  Art, art books, Art in Los Angeles, Art/Culture, black history, Contemporary Art, poetry, Uncategorized, writing

  Amy Sherald, CAAM, Ebony Patterson, Genevieve Gaignard, kehinde wiley, Lorna Simpson, poetry, portraits, Robin Coste Lewis, Titus Kaphar, Voyage of Sable Venus

• Artist a Day Challenge 2016-27: Ebony Patterson

  Last year I took a class with the Sotheby’s Institute of Arts where a fellow student shared the work of Ebony Patterson, and I have not forgotten their work since.  One particular piece stands out to me as one that honors the past while challenging the viewer to see the present.  In Patterson’s 2014 performance…

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  February 29, 2016

  Art, Art/Culture, black history, Contemporary Art, Museums, new york, Photography, sculpture, Uncategorized

  Black History Month, Carnival, Ebony Patterson, Jamaica, MAD