2012 Henry Taylor – African American Artist Profile – W Magazine & New York Times

Posted on March 3, 2013 by october

Henry Taylor, who lives in Los Angeles, paints fast, loose and sensuously on canvases great and small. Portraiture is his work’s center of gravity. His subjects include friends, relatives, acquaintances from the art world and off the street, and heroes from the worlds of sports and politics. Along the way he takes in downbeat cityscapes …

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Berry, Diana, Smokey and More! Go Inside the Sleek ’60s Photo Shoot for Motown: The Musical

Posted on March 3, 2013March 3, 2013 by october

The stars of Motown: The Musical are getting ready to go dancing in the streets when the Broadway-bound production bows this spring. In a behind the scenes video from a recent photo shoot, cast members Brandon Victor Dixon, Valisia LeKae, Charl Brown and more get dressed to the nines to channel the likes of Berry …

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Five Artists – 1971 (1/2)

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Five Artists is a documentary film about five accomplished African American artists who express their thoughts and feelings about the art they create. The film is poignant in capturing the artist’s devotion to their work and the expression of unique insights the artists have of their particular medium. The featured artists are: Barbara Chase- Riboud, …

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An interview with the artist Sam Gilliam (Video)

Posted on March 2, 2013 by october

An interview with the artist Sam Gilliam Sam Gilliam grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi, and studied art in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1962 he moved to Washington, D.C., and created abstract paintings inspired by the Washington Color School artists Morris Louis and Kenneth Noland. These artists, among others, broke the rules of abstract expressionism by pouring …

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Meet Kerry James Marshall (Video)

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An interview with artist Kerry James Marshall at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Kerry James Marshall is one of the leading contemporary painters of his generation. Over the past twenty-five years, he has become internationally known for monumental images of African American history and culture. http://www.americanart.si.edu/collect…