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Taking a Break

Written by Carla on July 20, 2011 — Leave a Comment

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, [...]

Carrie Mae Weems: Social Studies (Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, 2010)

Written by Carla on April 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Carrie Mae Weems: Social Studies. Essays by Elvira Dyangani Ose, Annie E. Coombes, and Greg Tate. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, 2010, 218 pages, 60 duotone reproductions, 24 cm, ISBN 978-84-8266-998-4.

The book Carrie Mae Weems: Social Studies represents a comprehensive look at the artist’s career over the past thirty years. As Carrie Mae Weems describes, “During [...]

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Contact Sheet 161: Jeffrey Henson Scales (Light Work, 2011)

Written by Carla on April 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Contact Sheet 161: Jeffrey Henson Scales, Light Work, 2011, exhibition catalogue, 48 pages, $12.00.

If you go to Light Work’s page and join the mailing list you can preview the catalogue online.

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Anne Anlin Cheng. Second Skin: Josephine Baker & the Modern Surface (Oxford University Press, 2011)

Written by Carla on April 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Second Skin: Josephine Baker & the Modern Surface. Anne Anlin Cheng, Oxford University Press, January 2011, 256 pages, hardcover, ISBN13: 9780195387056, $24.95.

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What does a black burlesque star have to do with some of the most enduring and passionate ideas in modern aesthetic theory? The spectacular Josephine Baker emerges in this fascinating untold story as a principal [...]

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Vincent Alan W. The Bangy Book: New Yorker Street Boys (Verlagsgruppe Vis-a-Vis, 1989)

Written by Carla on April 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

The Bangy Book: New Yorker Street Boys. Vincent Alan W., Verlagsgruppe Vis-a-Vis, 1989, 80 pages, ISBN-13: 978-3924040628.

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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 […]