super 8 footage / art 21 mark bradford.
super 8 footage / art 21 mark bradford.
painting by lynette yiadom-boakye
may 5, 2012 - extracts and verses
last night i attended an artist talk with painter lynette yiadom-boakye. her figurative paintings, definitely need to be viewed in the flesh so one can capture the tone, the rushed brushed strokes and the incredible texture. her current show on exhibition at the chisenhelm gallery, titled extracts and verses, is appropriate as lynette has a self-proclaimed love affair with words. she is a writer, whose prose remains complimentary yet independent of her oil paintings; yet it is her imagination that creates the narratives, environment as well as the actual characters that come to life on canvas.
for yiadom-boakye, both technique and instinct are play when she is painting, as all of her work is completed in one day. her hurried and intense strokes, allow her to trust her natural feeling, as if something is not right such as the light on the canvas or tone of the image, reworking the painting will not obtain perfection. this intense and laborious day of work also allows for between her and her subjects. the work is timeless, as there are no markers to time, place, or identifiable gender. this show is decidedly all males, who are engaged in thought or an activity. it is their simplicity that draws you in. yiadom-boakye’s influences are classical painters such as velasquez or goya, yet her work is distinctly and irrevocably her own. these paintings are meant to simply be enjoyed without any complexities or preconceived notions. her exhibition is on view at the chiselhelm gallery until 13 may.
all images courtesy of lynette yiadom-boakye.
mandeville gallery, nott memorial
a new exhibition will be on display at the mandeville gallery, in schenectady, ny from march 15 - may 13, 2012. 15 prominent contemporary african photographers were selected to create missionary postcards to provide a ‘starting point to trace some of the stereotypes that still prevail below the surface of our consciousness, and make us aware that by framing a culture from without, the meaning of that culture is distorted.’
these works aim to provoke discussion and thought surrounding cultural and historical assumptions about africa. featured artists include:
Philip Kwame Apagya (Ghana), Yto Barrada (Morocco), Nabil Boutros (Egypt), Samuel Fosso (Camaroon), David Goldblatt (South Africa), Seydou Keïta (Mali), Boubacar Touré Mandémory (Senegal), Zwelethu Mthethwa (South Africa), Grace Ndiritu (Kenya), Obie Oberholzer (South Africa), Berni Searle (South Africa), Malick Sidibé (Mali), Djibril Sy (Senegal), Guy Tillim (South Africa), and Iké Udé, (Nigeria)
the model - chapter 2: oshun and the dream
director khalil joseph and cinematographers bradford young and matthew j. lloyd, present a short film duo entitled ‘the model’ which was inspired by seu jorge’s album. it was filmed in a mansion in hollywood hills and stars seu jorge. i am a little late to the game as this came out over a year ago, but nonetheless very inspiring and beautiful.
zora neale hurston,
portrait by carl van vechten
new york, 1940
color, kodachrome
2 x 2 in.
(via blackcontemporaryart)
bass festival creative commission
bass festival, punch records and mac birmingham are offering 2000pound commission for a creative response to an iconic image by photographer vanley burke. all disciplines may apply: visual artist, producer, musician, fashion designer or dj, as this image should respond to vanley burke’s 1980’s birmingham image. Whatever your creative discipline, whether you’re a visual artist, musician, producer, dancer, fashion designer or a DJ, you can create an exciting response piece. open to ideastap members aged 16-30. deadline 27 of february. more info on ideastap website.
