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 […]
Paintings
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“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Black apartheid again, this blog came about when I was watching the news. Garry Moreno went into a clip of the former Premier’s speech. I was amazed; I could not stop looking at the TV. Everyone around me got quiet. Children were to “shush be, quiet!” You could see the […]
The Trouble with Calling it Black Art This is a great article, starting with its insightful title: The Trouble with calling it, Black Art, Well, for me it is. I come to believe that we are doing our self a disservice by labeling our self-black arts or black- anything. It […]
Miles Davis Big Fun Talking contemporary art with Jens at KAFU Hair and Gallery, My Miles Davis big Fun, is an homage to American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat A celebration of children’s art a celebration of the uniqueness of a finger-painting. My collaboration with my daughter’s artwork as I watch them […]
Printing “Ravers” at Island Press Bermuda Printing with Jens at Island Press Bermuda, they are lots of beautiful things about the beauty of art. But one of the best is the individual’s you meet on your creative journey. It’s usually the road less travel, never straight full of uncertainties. Sometimes […]
