Tag: Mapping Midpoints

• Artist a Day: Melvin Edwards

  

  “The Negro has been run over for 50 years, but it must stop now, and pistols and shotguns are the only weapons to stop a mob.”~ Eli Cooper As a farmer and an outspoken advocate for unionizing farm laborers, Eli Cooper was determined to fight for better wages from landowners, however his advocacy was met…

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  February 8, 2018

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

  Artist a Day, artist a day challenge, Black Artists, black history, Black History Month, Mapping Midpoints, Melvin Edwards, Sculpture

• Artist a Day: Ellen Gallagher

  

        My latest review of Ellen Gallagher’s show Accidental Records was published recently by Art Practical. It was a beautifully haunting show that takes explores an Afrofuturistic outcome of the Middle Passage and it exposed me to the music of the Detroit House duo Drexciya. Head over here to read more on Gallagher’s work.

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  February 6, 2018

  Art, Art in Los Angeles, Black Artists, black history, Los Angeles, Uncategorized

  Accidental Records, art history, Art Practical, Artist a Day, artist a day challenge, Drexciya, Ellen Gallagher, Mapping Midpoints, Review

• Artist a Day: Samuel Levi Jones in Sidelined

  

      This post is about as close as I’m going to get to the Superbowl this year. At Galerie Lelong in New York, artist Samuel Levi Jones has curated a group show called Sidelined that interrogates power, how it manifests itself in sports and specifically in sport-related protest. Inspired by the NFL protests during the national…

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  February 4, 2018

  Art, Art/Culture, Black Artists, black history, new york, Uncategorized

  Artist a Day, artist a day challenge, Mapping Midpoints, Patrick Martinez, Samuel Levi Jones, Sidelined