Team W.T.E.F. Our team: Ronnie, Biko and I wanted to do a project to celebrate the late great, Arthur Ashe. Ronnie mentioned, that this year in July marks Arthur Ashe’s 75 birthday, the 45th year since he won the tournament in 1973 and the 50th year if the Citi tournament […]
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Hunger! I couldn’t wait to read this book. Ever since I read “Bad Feminist” I’ve been waiting. I was hoping to read how or what lead 12-year-old Roxane into a bad situation. Ever since she mentioned that she was raped by a ‘congress’ of baboon she called boys. In “Hunger,” […]
“Bootsy” Collins Vs. Jean-Michele Basquiat DEVELOPMENT Robert Hughes Insightful commentary on Basquiat had me thinking a lot. I especially liked what he said, “For the very nature of Basquiat’s success forced him to repeat himself without a chance of development.” And that rings true; Basquiat works’ are brilliant, although they […]
PARADIGM SHIFT Perspective is an amazing thing. You think that you’re true about an issue, and then all of a sudden, a perspective comes along that causes a paradigm shift in your thinking. In comes, Jennifer Clements’s book Widow Basquiat, a very personal accounting of the relationship of her friend […]
Ain’t I A Woman Ain’t I a Woman from mpalacioart on Vimeo. “Ain’t I a Woman” by bell hooks is a nuclear bomb. There can’t be too many books like it out there. Mind you I haven’t read “Sister Outsider” by Audre Lorde, which has been on my list to […]
Art On My Mind I didn’t know when it was that I became familiar with my art history “Ancient true Gothic” teacher Frank Russell, at The Maryland Institute of Art, to start questioning the art on my mind. I think I got to a point where I could not find […]
The crucible Why killing Kennedy is a tried and tested American story of power and obfuscation. The heat is intense. You have to wear a shield to keep it from stinging your face. The red is beautiful, bright, inviting. It’s a sight that ‘s hard to ignore like a sunrise, […]
bell hooks, whose booty is this? from mpalacioart on Vimeo. Who is bell hooks Bell Hooks, if you don’t know who she is you should. Her writings cover topics containing: art, sex, lots of pussy and booty, dicks, abuse, gender, race, patriarchy, capitalism, and all contemporary culture. Especially from the […]
THE BLACK MAN’S REVOLUTION Looking back with MICHEL WALLACE’S brilliant book “Black Macho and the Myth of the Superwoman.” BE YOURSELF Black man designation, what does it means to be yourself? It sounds like an easy thing to do, but in reality, it’s a lot harder than it sounds. It’s […]
Hail King Kincaid by Manuel Palacio Hail King Kincaid, for she is ferocious uncompromising honest and brave. Jamaica Kincaid spends a lot of her time dispensing what a critic so accurately put, awful truths; truths people spend a lot of time trying not to acknowledge. Understanding this Jamaica Kincaid takes […]
Hell no I will not sign a petition, to ban this piece from the Barbican Gallery, this piece of art is doing what it suppose to do. Start a dialogue. Make up your minds. Contemplate your sins. Especially with the people who disagrees with the point of view of the […]
What do you know about Bermuda’s History? Is a question Bermudians ask when I make political commentary? For if I did know anything about Bermuda’s history; I would not have painted The PLP as white peoples or say those things about Dr. Brown. Further, Itis clear that you don’t know your […]
