art criticism – BLACK ART IN AMERICA™

At the End of the Decade, Negus is King

baiadmin — Mon, 30 Dec 2019 15:57:23 +0000

At the End of the Decade, Negus is King.

Angela N Carroll

How long can you go without touching your phone? How long has it been since you updated your profile or troll scrolled through others’ social media feeds? Humans … Read the rest

The Intellectual Exercise of Talking About Art: An Interview with Curlee Raven Holton

baiadmin — Tue, 05 Mar 2019 10:11:29 +0000

The Intellectual Exercise of Talking About Art: An Interview with Curlee Raven Holton

By Shantay Robinson

Before I could ask a question, Curlee Raven Holton told me who he is. He’s a man with something to say, and he … Read the rest

BACK TO BLACK: No On and Off Ramps

baiadmin — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 17:25:23 +0000

BACK TO BLACK: No On and Off Ramps

Babacar Mbow

Black visual expressions have had many challenges in the past years with renewed assaults on their discourses and representations. Black bodies and lives have also suffered similar fate. The … Read the rest

Who is Criticizing Whom: A Response to Blake Gopnik

baiadmin — Mon, 15 Jun 2015 16:04:18 +0000

White Male Art Critic Blake Gopnik criticizes Alma Thomas’s painting, Oriental Sunset.

According to Gopnik the painting, Oriental Sunset was “casually made— just a bunch of haphazard red brush-strokes sitting on a yellow ground”.

Who is Blake Gopnik?… Read the rest