Tag: Jim Crow

• Artist a Day: Derrick Adams

  

      Derrick Adams’ collage work reminds me of the elaborate mosaics of Romare Beardon. I get delightfully lost in them. The artist currently has a show running at the Museum of Arts and Design called Sanctuary, that draws inspiration from the Jim Crow era Green Books, which were essential travel guides for African-Americans traveling…

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  February 10, 2018

  Art, Black Artists, black history, Contemporary Art, new york, Photography, Uncategorized

  Artist a Day, artist a day challenge, Black Artists, black history, Derrick Adams, Green Book, Jim Crow, Mapping Midpoints

• Artist a Day: Gary Simmons

  

      I first saw Gary Simmons’s work in the magnificent lobby of CAAM last year. The mural titled, Fade to Black is an homage to classic silent films that featured all-black casts. These films were necessary representations that were created to counter the racist depictions of African-Americans in propaganda films like Birth of a…

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  February 3, 2018

  Art in Los Angeles, Black Artists, black history, Contemporary Art, Museums, Photography, Uncategorized

  Black Film, CAAM, Gary Simmons, Jim Crow, murals