RE[FRAME] Art Industry Conference

Examining the industry of the arts through an African American lens

[thehammermuseum]

The artist’s job is to be a witness to his time in history.

Robert Rauschenberg, born on this day in 1925 (via thehammermuseum)

[lustik]

The hedgehog domesticated by Iza Rutkowska.

[euliss]

Sol LeWitt to Eva Hesse

[thegreatentertainment]

Torqued Chandelier Release Rodney Graham 

film/projection by Graham, photos/gif by me

[massmoca]

Super cool gif of the Rodney Graham piece! See Torqued Chandelier Release in our current exhibition The Dying of the Light: Film as Medium and Metaphor.

[momateens]

Art is longing. You never arrive, but you keep going in the hope that you will.

Anselm Kiefer

(via momateens)

[massmoca]

THE DYING OF THE LIGHT: FILM AS MEDIUM AND METAPHOR

OPENING RECEPTION, MARCH 29, 5-7PM.

Tacita Dean, The Green Ray, 2001

[blackcontemporaryart]

[reframeart]

Through a Lens Darkly

An extraordinary examination of the way African American photographers and their subjects have used the camera as a tool for social change, Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People is a powerful study of representation and creativity. Moving poetically between the present and the past, through both vernacular and professional photographers, director Thomas Allen Harris calls attention to images long forgotten and sometimes hidden from sight. The film highlights Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna Simpson, Hank Willis Thomas, Coco Fusco and Clarissa Sligh in addition to LGBT artists of color, such as Lyle Ashton Harris, Glenn Ligon, and Carla Williams.

[youdidwhatnow]

Kara Walker: Untitled, 1994

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[unculturedmag]

Jenny Holzer - Survival Series (1983-85)

[artsdotblack]

In Conversation with Photographer Nakeya Brown

Photo courtesy of the artist

Nakeya Brown ( nakeyab) is a photographer on the rise. Currently pursuing an MFA at George Washington University, her work addresses the complexities of Black female identity with a specific focus on hair politics. Her photography - both still life and portraiture - is deliberately rooted in a feminist praxis, blending soft color palettes with distinct markers of Black hair care. On the occasion of the opening of her solo show, In Private Moments, co-editor Jessica Lynne talked with Nakeya via Google Hangouts about her writing, rituals, and community. 

Read the full interview here.

[nakeyab]

So honored to be interviewed by Jessica Lynne a Brooklyn based writer and independent curator. She received her BA in Africana Studies from NYU in 2010. She has been awarded residencies and fellowships from the Sarah Lawrence College Summer Writer’s Seminar , Callaloo and The Center for Book Arts. Her work in arts administration has taken her to Chicago, Paris and Ghana amongst other places! She’s also a dear friend and avid supporter of women artists. Check out our interview and other critical writings by the Arts.Black team: http://www.arts.black.com

[blackcontemporaryart]

Faith Ringgold

Dream 2: King and the Sisterhood, 1988.

Acrylic on canvas; 96 x 60 inches.

[aloofshahbanou]

Faith Ringgold  by Alice Neel 

1976

[archivesofamericanart]

Meet sculptor Selma Burke: born at the turn of the century in Mooresville, North Carolina, trained as a nurse at her mother’s request, she eventually followed her dream of becoming an artist, studying in Vienna, Paris, and New York, and later paid it forward by teaching other artists and founding two schools of art in her name.

Selma Burke with her portrait bust of Booker T. Washington, 193- / Pinchos Horn, photographer. Federal Art Project, Photographic Division collection, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

[reframeart]

For Obamas, a More Abstract Choice of Art

Works by Mark Rothko, Robert Rauschenberg and others are currently featured at the White House, among the 19th-century landscapes and portraits of past presidents.

[divalocity]

ELLE Magazine November 2015 | Filmmaker Ava DuVernay

Photography by Paola Kudacki

[heyfranhey]

Mattel Releases Ava DuVernay Barbie To Celebrate Sheroes

Black Girl Long Hair writes:

Mattel revealed its new “Sheroes” collection this past Friday at the Variety “Power of Women” luncheon and it includes the prestigious Selma director, Ava DuVernay.

Barbie General Manager, Evelyn Mazzocco divulged the idea behind the series:

“Barbie has always represented that girls have choices, and this spring we are proud to honor six Sheroes who through their trade and philanthropic efforts are an inspiration to girls.”

Read more here.

[divalocity]

Essence November 2015: The Dynamic Women of The Obama Administration

Photography by Kwaku Alston