Tag: Gordon Parks

• Artist a Day: Frieze Edition

  

  Art fairs are like glorified prom nights for collectors and as such, galleries are the poor chauffeurs, dress makers, and florists that have to cater to whims of giddy, hopeful, attendees– Frieze L.A. was no exception. For those of us who are outside both the blue chip collector class and the P&L engines that drive…

  cultureshockart

  February 23, 2019

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

  Art Fairs, Artist a Day, Black Artists, Frieze L.A., Gordon Parks, hank willis thomas, Henry Taylor, Nick Cave, Purvis Young, Roy DeCarava, senga nengudi

• Art Book Review: “A Harlem Family”, Gordon Parks

  “I got fed up with hearing all these people, even Negroes, ask, “Why are those people rioting?”  My personal project was to show them why.  You have to know what they go through before you can understand why all the violence takes place…” ~ Gordon Parks I love to collect art books that feature prominent…

  cultureshockart

  June 7, 2015

  Art, art books, black history, journalism, Photography

  A Harlem Family, Gordon Parks, Harlem, Photography, Photojournalism, poverty, the Gordon Parks Foundation, the Studio Museum of Harlem

• Artist a Day Challenge No. 2: Gordon Parks

  For Black History Month I will be highlighting African-American artists who inspire creativity and beauty as catalyst of thought, reflection and emotion. The challenge in these posts will be to select a single image that captures the essence of their work! With Gordon Parks it is hard to distill a lifetime of music, photography, and film direction into a single…

  cultureshockart

  February 2, 2015

  Art, Photography

  Art, Black History Month, Gordon Parks, Life, Photography, vogue