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Monthly Archives: February, 2009

Harris, Lyle Ashton. Blow Up (Gregory R. Miller & Co., 2008)

Written by Myra on February 22, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Lyle Ashton Harris: Blow Up. Essays by Cassandra Coblentz, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, and Kwame Anthony Appiah, Introduction by Susan Krane.  Conversation with Senam Okudzeto, Gregory R. Miller & Co., June 2008, 50 color and 25 black and white images, Paperback (linen cover), ISBN: 978-0-9743648-9-6, US $50.00.

For many the title Blow Up refers to Michelangelo Antonioni’s [...]

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A Shady Promise by Wangechi Mutu (Damiani, 2008)

Written by Carla on February 22, 2009 — Leave a Comment

A Shady Promise. Wangechi Mutu, text by Isolde Brielmaier and Malik Gaines, Damiani, 2008, ISBN 978 88 6208 021 7, 40.00 EUR.
(Not strictly photography, but the gorgeous end-paper odalisque self?-portraits were what compelled me to buy it. Maybe I can get them scanned.)
A shady promise, first monograph by Kenyan artist Wangechi Mutu, deals with the [...]

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a wealth of new titles

Written by Carla on February 22, 2009 — Leave a Comment

My recent vacation in London and Paris turned out to be a real working holiday for me, as I spent a great deal of time in libraries and bookstores searching for books by black photographers. I was like a kid in the proverbial candy store! Thrillingly, I came away with at least a dozen new [...]

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30 AMERICANS (Rubell Family Collection, 2008)

Written by Carla on February 21, 2009 — Leave a Comment

30 AMERICANS, Rubell Family Collection; First edition (2008), Hardcover: 232 pages, 12.125 x 9 x 1 inches, ISBN: 978-0-9821195-1-8
Introduction
Since the Rubell Family started collecting in the 1960’s, they have always collected African-American artists as a part of their broader mission to collect the most interesting art of our time. Approximately three years ago, they found [...]

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Humble postcards

Written by Danielle on February 13, 2009 — Leave a Comment

Amani Olu, curator, web designer, and all-around arts wunderkind recently rolled out Humble Postcards, a new project that helps emerging photographers gain exposure while raising funds for the Humble Arts Foundation. HAF was one of the first online galleries to showcase up and coming photography talent, inspiring a host of other online galleries and collectives [...]

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  • Life After Death: Interviews with artists September 3, 2010
    The exhibition is down, unfortunately. h/t Daily Hussy, via Tayari Jones’ blog […]
  • I know I’m just fostering him, but… September 3, 2010
    …he’s a sweet little guy, even though he sneakily took his opportunity to get on the sofa when I wasn’t looking (boy, my decor looks busy in this picture!) and I didn’t have the heart to oust him. I’d better watch it or I’m going to become a dog-blogger. […]
  • A Developing Story… September 3, 2010
    Thanks to Eliza for initiating this conversation with me and publishing it at http://www.adevelopingstory.org—I do go on in it but I stand by all of it! […]