{"id":13004,"date":"2022-08-05T09:30:22","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T09:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=13004"},"modified":"2022-08-05T16:16:06","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T16:16:06","slug":"tales-from-the-b-a-sket-black-art-sketches-for-the-contemporary-art-lover-exper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=13004","title":{"rendered":"Tales from The b.a.SKET: Black Art Sketches for the Contemporary Art Lover — exper"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Tales from The b.a.SKET: Black Art Sketches for the Contemporary Art Lover<\/h2>\r\n
By D. Amari Jackson<\/pre>\r\n
This week, we reach into the b.a.SKET and pull out a poetic tribute to our African-inspired practice of moving forward while looking back\u2026 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n
Chicago-based artist, Najjar Abdul-Musawwir, knows a thing or two about history. A longtime globetrotter who has travelled throughout the United States, Africa, Asia and Europe, Abdul-Musawwir is an Associate Professor of studio arts and art history in the School of Art and Design and Africana Studies at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.<\/p>\r\n
Given his wealth of experience in the areas of art, design, history, and the African Diaspora, the talented artist also knows a thing or two about African images and symbols, their meanings, and their important role in our culture, both historically and over time. With his linocut triptych, The Sound of Black History,<\/em> Abdul-Musawwir effectively looks back to depict the rich sonics of our African past and remind us of who we are before moving us forward in cultural harmony.<\/p>\r\n
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If you listen for the wind <\/em><\/p>\r\n
whispering through the trees <\/em><\/p>\r\n
on a crisp fall day<\/em><\/p>\r\n
as reddish-brown leaves <\/em><\/p>\r\n
on skyward stretched branches <\/em><\/p>\r\n
dance about the breeze<\/em><\/p>\r\n
rustling, speaking<\/em><\/p>\r\n
you can almost hear them<\/em><\/p>\r\n
the sounds of yesterday<\/em><\/p>\r\n
familiar as the soothing voice <\/em><\/p>\r\n
of an old friend<\/em><\/p>\r\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n
If you tilt your head skyward<\/em><\/p>\r\n
and open your mind\u2019s eye<\/em><\/p>\r\n
to the still, starry black of night<\/em><\/p>\r\n
that neither begins nor ends<\/em><\/p>\r\n
you can almost see them<\/em><\/p>\r\n
in youthful images<\/em><\/p>\r\n
animated <\/em><\/p>\r\n
breathing life<\/em><\/p>\r\n
acting out amongst the stars <\/em><\/p>\r\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n
If you release from the present <\/em><\/p>\r\n
and reach to the past<\/em><\/p>\r\n
caressing your memory <\/em><\/p>\r\n
touching your youth<\/em><\/p>\r\n
you can almost feel them<\/em><\/p>\r\n
their lively presence<\/em><\/p>\r\n
their affectionate embrace<\/em><\/p>\r\n
warming our journey <\/em><\/p>\r\n
paving the way<\/em><\/p>\r\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n
If you speak their names<\/em><\/p>\r\n
and travel full circle<\/em><\/p>\r\n
ending at start<\/em><\/p>\r\n
stopping at go<\/em><\/p>\r\n
you can almost be them<\/em><\/p>\r\n
Straddling the Sankofa<\/em><\/p>\r\n
moving forward<\/em><\/p>\r\n
yet looking back<\/em><\/p>\r\n
while whispering clearly<\/em><\/p>\r\n
through the wind.\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n
—<\/em>D. Amari Jackson,<\/span><\/p>\r\n
Straddling the Sankofa<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
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