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This print shows when, in 1965, hundreds of civil rights marchers started on a peace march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama led by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Their goal was to secure voting rights for blacks in America. Just outside Selma, at the Edmond Pettus Bridge, local law enforcement officials repeatedly turned back …
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By JILIAN FAMA | ABC OTUS News – Wed, Feb 27, 2013 Rosa Parks, the civil rights pioneer, made history again today by becoming the first African American woman to have her likeness depicted in the Capitol’s Statuary Hall. Parks’ monument is a part of the Capitol Art Collection which hosts 180 pieces of art; her statue …
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Bold As Love February 15, 2013 – March 24, 2013 Press Preview: Friday, Feb 15, 10:00AM Opening Reception: Friday, Feb 15, 6-8PM Artist Talk: Saturday, Feb 16, 12:30-1:30PM JAMES COHAN GALLERY 533 West 26th Street New York, NY James Cohan Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Bold as Love, an exhibition of new works by SHINIQUE …
Frank Morrison’s paintings stunned me not only for their originality and beauty but also because of their complimentary depictions of the black woman. The body forms of the woman are not anatomically accurate but this is a purposeful technique to elongate the necks making the black women in the paintings look proud with their heads …
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By andrea kirsh April 13, 2012 As recent national news has made painfully clear, ours is not a post-racial society, and much as I’d rather not see African American artists exhibited in the context of their common racial background, such exhibitions still have a place. That place is particularly important in Philadelphia, where the extent …
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Charles Bibbs Contemporary Visual Artist Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Internationally acclaimed artist Charles Bibbs, whose work is featured in museums, galleries, organizations, and homes of many collectors, displays a deep sense of Spirituality, Majesty, Dignity, Strength and Grace in his images, that is done in a combination of realistic …
To many outsiders, the South African art world may seem to have produced no more than a few major talents — most notably William Kentridge. Their work further suffers by being narrowly perceived as inextricably associated with apartheid, still the lodestone of South African identity. This oversimplification persists largely because even decades after the global …
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On the last night of Black History Month in a beautiful little art gallery in the city’s midtown, Jermaine Tripp stood in front of a stunning, pastel drawing of the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall. The work was done by Tripp, 17, one of a dozen students that a juggernaut company took a …
For much of the past century of Modern art, African-American artists often looked like outliers. Why did pioneering black painters like Boston-native Loïs Mailou Jones continue to work realistically as the thrust of Western art was toward abstraction? Loïs Mailou Jones painting in her Paris studio in 1937 or ’38. (Courtesy of the Museum of …
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Originally published on CaliforniaHomeDesign.com Exactly 150 years ago, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring, “all persons held as slaves” shall be “forever free.” And, the Museum of the African Diaspora is honoring this anniversary with an exhibit of African American art and history from the Kinsey Collection. More than 100 artifacts, documents, and …
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By Richard Reep Published: February 27, 2013 African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond Mennello Museum of American Art 900 E. Princeton St. 407-246-4278 mennellomuseum.com $4 Unlike its big sister across the Loch Haven lawn, the Mennello Museum of American Art is no uptight white box. Its richly hued walls and galleries …
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Bisa Butler is one of a few dozen artists who will be a part of the exhibit Wonderfully Made: African-American Fine Art in the Atrium at 6 Court St. in Morristown. On view Jan. 29-March 18, the other artists include Romare Bearden and Curlee Raven Holton, among others. Ms. Butler has a wonderful, to-the-point artist …
Osnat is a self-representing Canadian artist. She is best known for her large-size original abstract landscape and Contemporary modern paintings, but she mostly enjoys the combination of these three. As an artist who sells on and off eBay for more than seven years now, Osnat strives for the best quality in both materials and finish. …
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Have you ever made a piece of art, but you did not know what to name it? Here are a few steps that just might put you on the right track… Try to remember the thought that led you to doing your art piece in the first place: It is helpful if you can think …
BlackArtistNews | February 27, 2013 It’s rare to see serious art collectors at gallery openings. If you do, catch them if you can. They move through a crowd with ninja stealth; sliding in and out of the space faster than it takes a sip of wine to trickle down your throat. Chicago-based collectors Daniel T. Parker (left) and …