Category Archives: African American fiction
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Jack Whitten’s Odyssey: A New Perspective
Jack Whitten made his name as an abstract painter in New York City beginning in the 1970’s and had a solo exhibition in 1974 at the Whitney Museum! During the 1960s and 1970s in New York City he was friends with musicians, poets, writers, and other artists. […]
This entry was posted on November 3, 2018 and is filed under African American fiction, African American history, Uncategorized. -
Carletta Carrington Wilson’s “letter to a laundress”
Carletta Carrington Wilson addresses her “letter to a laundress” to her great great grandmother, but her profound photo/poem installation currently on view at the Kittredge Gallery in Tacoma (only until September 29) honors the work of all those who, in her words, “took in wash.” She found photographs of anonymous […]
This entry was posted on September 7, 2018 and is filed under African American fiction, African American history, American Art, Arican American history, Art and Activism, Art and Ecology, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Civil War, ecology, Uncategorized. -
Benny Andrews: The Bicentennial Series predicts America Today *
Benny Andrews Bicentennial Series created in the early 1970s predicts the disfunction of our nation today.
This entry was posted on February 24, 2017 and is filed under African American fiction, Arican American history, Art and Activism, Art of Democracy, Black Art, Black HIstory Month, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized. -
Carletta Carrington Wilson “Unchain My Heart”
At the outset of her poetic presentation, Carletta Carrington Wilson declared that her exhibition “Unchain My Heart” (listen!) is a testament to mystery. Her exhibition at Art Xchange Gallery included selections from three series of works, “constellation of shadows and leaves” (2006) “Orange You Mingus” (2008-9), and “book of the bound” (2011-12). The artist explained […]
This entry was posted on April 5, 2014 and is filed under African American fiction, Arican American history, Art and Activism, Art and Politics Now, art criticism, Black Art, Carletta Carrington Wilson, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized.
