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Interesting powerHouse news

Dear powerHouse follower—
You are, with any luck, a retailer, a reviewer, a promoter, or just someone vigorously involved in the visual arts, and have been following us through our varied publications over the years and the copious press we made with them, and perhaps recall the risks, the successes, maybe even the élan to which [...]

Haiku in my Neighborhood (M. Hanks Gallery, 2009)

Haiku in my Neighborhood. Poems by Dee Dee McNeil, photographs by Roland Charles,  M. Hanks Gallery, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9821810-1-0, $25.00.
(Pages from the book are viewable at Google Books online.)
Haiku in my Neighborhood – a coffee table book of 50 haiku poems written by jazz singer/songwriter Dee Dee McNeil with photographs by noted photographer-artist and arts [...]

The Erotic Diary of a Lumberjack by Barthélémy Toguo (Michael Woolworth Editions, Paris, 2010)

The Erotic Diary of a Lumberjack” (”Le Journal Érotique d’un Bûcheron”). artist’s book by Barthélémy Toguo with 12 linocuts and texts, 38 x 26.5 cm, Michael Woolworth Editions, Paris, 1000€.

Two new books from Robin D. G. Kelley

Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original. Robin D. G. Kelley, Free Press, October 2009, 608 pages, hardcover,  ISBN: 0684831902 2009, $30.

From the publisher’s site:

The piano ain’t got no wrong notes!” So ranted Thelonious Sphere Monk, who proved his point every time he sat down at the keyboard. His angular melodies and [...]

Barthélémy Toguo – 11 books!

So in advance of my lecture yesterday I’d just reached a count of 313 titles by black photographers, then today Deb sent me a link to Barthélémy Toguo’s work. I recognize his name though I don’t know that I’ve seen his work before. His site lists 11 publications! This is terrifically exciting, though I don’t [...]

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  • Sama Alshaibi: Zero Sum Game March 11, 2010
    Selma Feriani Gallery announces the opening of the solo exhibition ‘Zero Sum Game’ featuring new works by Sama Alshaibi. For further information and RSVP, please contact: Nadia Carnovale nadia@selmaferiani.com Selma Feriani Gallery t: 0207 493 6090 f: 0207 491 3050 e: nadia@selmaferiani.com w: http://www.selmaferiani.com a: 23 Maddox Street, Mayfair, […]
  • Viva Habbit Van Assen: Texture of Beauty March 11, 2010
    Who:       A Woman’s Eye Gallery What:      Photography Artist:      Viva Habbit Van Assen Show Title:  Texture of Beauty When: Opens April 3 Reception:  Saturday, April 10, 12:00-5:00pm Where: A Woman’s Eye Gallery 678 Portola Drive, San Francisco, CA  94127 Gallery Hours:  Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday, Noon to 5:00pm and by appoin […]
  • Bearden in the Public Realm symposium March 11, 2010
    “Bearden in the Public Realm” March 26-27, 2010 at the August Wilson Center for African American Culture 980 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh This event is free and open to the public. The symposium’s subject is Romare Bearden (1911-1988), a cosmopolitan modernist who spent part of his childhood in Pittsburgh, and later interpreted its rich […]