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PRIORITY READS: Books I Need/Want To Get To In March & April | 2021 [CC]
🎊Hiii! Today I'm talking about the books I am making a priority during March and April. Hopefully I can get to these soon but some of them are super long, wish me luck. Thanks for watching!
The Collecting of African American Art IX: Collecting Black: An Anachronism
The Collecting of African American Art IX: Collecting Black: An Anachronism
Black Art Today! Larry Poncho Brown
Black Art Today!'s UnCovered Episode 2 2018 Presenting world renowned artist Larry Poncho Brown. Poncho shares UNCENSORED intimate details and aspects of his personal and professional life, never before revealed. This interview was emotional and thought provoking. You will walk away with a deeper understanding of the man behind the art.
Black Icons of Art: Thelma Golden and Rujeko Hockley
WNYC’s Rebecca Carroll sits down for an intimate and unfiltered conversation with Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem, and Rujeko Hockley, assistant curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art, for the launch of Black Icons of Art — a new limited series. The pair will talk to Rebecca about their experiences growing a beloved Harlem institution, cultivating diversity at historically white institutions and their thoughts on what lies ahead for the art world.
AAFCA Roundtable: HBO Black Art in the Absence of Light Interview- Jordan Casteel and Thelma Golden
Join the AAFCA members as they interview #JordanCasteel and #ThelmaGolden about their new #HBO documentary #BlackArtInTheAbsenceOfLight. Watch the AAFCA Virtual Roundtable: Black Art in the Absence of Light Interview with Jordan Casteel and Thelma Golden.
The Art Of Hustle: Street Art Documentary 2018
*WINNER: Best Featured Film Award - Oregon Documentary Film Festival (2018) The Art Of Hustle: Street Art Documentary highlights street artist Tysen Knight's growth in the culture of street art with a perfect balance between risk and reward. Street art has become a hustle for worldwide recognition. *WINNER: Impact Docs Award (2018) *Official Selection for American Documentary Film Fest, California (2018) *Official Selection for Grenoble Street Art MOVIE fest, France (2018)
Soul of A Nation: Art In The Age of Black Power 1963-83 at The Broad
"Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power shines a bright light on the vital contribution of Black artists made over two revolutionary decades in American history, beginning in 1963 at the height of the civil rights movement. The exhibition examines the influences, from the civil rights and Black Power movements to Minimalism and developments in abstraction, on artists such as Romare Bearden, Barkley Hendricks, Noah Purifoy, Martin Puryear, Faith Ringgold, Betye Saar, Alma Thomas, Charles White, and William T. Williams. Los Angeles-based artists appear throughout Soul of a Nation, and more deeply in three specific galleries, foregrounding the significant role of Los Angeles in the art and history of the civil rights movement and the subsequent activist era, and the critical influence and sustained originality of the city’s artists, many of whom have lacked wider recognition. Featuring the work of more than 60 influential artists and including vibrant paintings, powerful sculptures, street photography, murals, and more, this landmark exhibition is a rare opportunity to see era-defining artworks that changed the face of art in America." - The Broad “So what’s is the next step after Soul of a Nation? Is this the beginning of the retrospective for black art movements? Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983 was a great insight into the artistic movements that existed during the Black Power era and serves as a visual history. Are era-based retrospectives the best way to understand the African-American contribution to the global art world? As I write this essay I think of what I’ve learned just by observation. The research of artworks allowed me to understand the artists backgrounds, their materials and how their use of them helped to change and develop the practice of art making. “ An excerpt from my research and review essay on Soul of A Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, 1963-1983 at The Broad Museum.