…of unpopulated, but heavily farmed land). Pyrdsa’s paintings at Gross-McCleaf weren’t the only dominant skies on view. At the Creative Artist’s Network’s tiny weeklong show at 1701 Market (see post…
Read MoreNo need to wait until the show closes to take home your art if you buy at Creative Artists Network‘s mini-show hosted by Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, 1701 Market Street….
Read More…conceptually.” As in all public art, there is the conflict between doing work that the public understands and not compromising the artist’s integrity and creative vision. Armajani believes in democracy…
Read More…their Africa-inspired use of vivid color and pattern, and their references to African talismans. Among the highlights are Dupree’s installation, “Mask Broom Totem Series,” a commentary on African American labor…
Read More…necessarily about the artist’s religion, is clearly about the artist’s sympathy with the religion, its African roots, and the people who believe). Furthermore, it seems to me that religious art…
Read More…Latino life influenced by African heritage. The images of Puerto Rico and South America largely show people participating in ceremonies and rites, but if you’re thinking something churchy and bloodless,…
Read More…had a toxic effect on Barbara Pollack’s cheerful assertion that the art world has come too far to mean something derogatory when pigeonholing African-American artists’ work by skin color (at…
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