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color blind by Bayeté Ross Smith (Maus Contemporary, 2010)

Written by Carla on October 6, 2010 — Leave a Comment

color blind. Bayeté Ross Smith, with essays and texts by Carla Williams, Chana Garcia and an interview of the artist by Kalia Brooks, Maus Contemporary, 2010, 134 pages 80 color photographs, $85.00.
“color blind” was published to accompany Bayeté Ross Smith’s solo show “Our Kind Of People” at beta pictoris gallery in Birmingham, AL September 10 [...]

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Reviews of Venus and Posing Beauty in the IRAAA

Written by Carla on October 4, 2010 — Leave a Comment

Obviously, once I commence the reviews on this site I cannot review any projects to which I’ve contributed, but I can point to reviews elsewhere. The current issue of the International Review of African American Art (23:2, 2010) includes reviews of Deborah Willis’ Posing Beauty and Black Venus 2010: They Called Her Hottentot, as well [...]

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I’m giving a lecture & lots of new titles…

Written by Carla on November 8, 2009 — Leave a Comment

…by black photographers in the chronological list on the site. The total is now more than 300—woohoo!! Yes, that’s still an appallingly low number in the 160 years of photography’s existence but, believe me, I’m very excited when I learn of new titles. Check them out, and buy a black photographer’s book today!
I’m not on [...]

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Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body (University of Washington Press, 2008)

Written by Carla on September 10, 2008 — Leave a Comment

Black Womanhood: Images, Icons, and Ideologies of the African Body. Edited by Barbara Thompson, University of Washington Press with Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 2008, 376 pp., 250 illus., 212 in color, notes, bibliog., index, 9 x 12 in. ISBN: Paper: 0-295-98771-5/ 978-0-295-98771-2; Cloth: 0-295-98770-7/ 978-0-295-98770-5, Paper: US $50.00, Cloth: US $75.00.

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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 […]