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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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  • Taking a Break February 6, 2012
    Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
  • What if there were no more art galleries? February 6, 2012
    6×6 – An Art Version of a Music Festival ABOUT THIS PROJECT What is 6×6? Beginning on September 8, 2011, our roaming gallery Baang and Burne Contemporary will present 6×6, (six by six) a series of six, back to back, one week only art exhibitions in New York City. 6×6 was created by artists, for artists. Essentially 6×6, is [.. […]
  • The Stoop Gallery Call for Submissions February 6, 2012
    The Stoop Gallery is currently accepting submissions for the upcoming show date and theme: Art. Science. Body: How art and science merge to create identity narratives. July 30, 2011 This week, Psychology Today published an article focusing on why African American women are less physically attractive than other women. The methodology of the research was not m […]