Beyond the Canvas
Kerry James Marshall IS the canon
“Who needs to NOT think of you as a Black artist to consider you a real artist?” - Kerry James Marshall There are a handful of artists...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jan 29, 2021
- 2 min
Rewriting the art canon: Kehinde Wiley's triptych for Penn Station, NYC
"I like Venetian painting a lot: looking at Giovanni Battista Tiepolo is one of my favourite things to do. When I went to my first Venice...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Aug 29, 2020
- 2 min
Lorna Simpson's fantastical hairscapes
"Black women’s heads of hair are galaxies unto themselves, solar systems, moonscapes, volcanic interiors. The hair she paints has a mind...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Aug 27, 2020
- 2 min
Titus Kaphar's Shifting the Gaze, 2017
Painting is a visual language where everything in the painting is meaningful, is important, is coded. But sometimes, because of the...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jul 27, 2020
- 2 min
Dwelling: In This Space We Breathe, Khadija Saye (1992-2017)
‘The series was created from a personal need for spiritual grounding after experiencing trauma. The search for what gives meaning to our...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jul 5, 2020
- 2 min
Betye Saar's "The Liberation of Aunt Jemima"
The Black Lives Matter movement is having an extraordinary impact on the way brands communicate and behave. Whether it's just 'woke...
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Beyond the Canvas
- Jun 27, 2020
- 1 min
Celebrating the female black queer gaze: Mickalene Thomas
The growing momentum of the Black Lives Matter movement and the increased media focus on black culture have brought a multitude of...
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