“This spring 2019 Imani Shanklin Roberts unveils I AM SHE, a collection of works inspired by her recent journey away from art making and a deeper delve into self discovery.”
Futura Noir: Black Art In 2019 & Beyond
Articles, essays, and exhibitions that highlight and celebrate the contemporary Black art market and its key players.
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“Based in East New York, this group of photographers, digital artists, fashion designers, painters, and musicians extends a legacy of artmaking and culturekeeping that is reminiscent of collectives like the Organization of Black American Culture and the Black Rock Coalition, yet attuned to the complicated cultural times we occupy”
“And wait—is that a headless body lying in the grass? Dismembered black and brown hands and feet? Then it dawns on you: A dark spirit blights this enchanted place. Dangling from the ceiling like a murderous flock of vultures circling an open grave are hundreds of women’s shoes, dipped in sparkling black paint.” https://blackartinamerica.com/index.php/2018/11/20/a-very-abbreviated-version-of-black-art-history/
“Although several decades of archaeological and paleontological excavations have proven that life on this planet began in Africa, by and large, the continent has remained shrouded in a myopically dense, Eurocentric fog.”
“On the American museum front, among curators, conservators, educators and leaders, only 4 percent are African-American, according to a survey by the Mellon Foundation. A fraction of this group holds curatorial posts.”
“2018 marks the 50th anniversary of the Chicago based collective. “AfriCOBRA: Messages to the People” will be on view at MOCA from Nov. 27, 2018 – April 7, 2019.”
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