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...Michael Godby Copyright © 1999 Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 1999 Above and Opposite: Untitled, 1996, color print. Michael...

...Michael Godby Copyright © 2009 Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art 2009 COLOR IN THE REPRESENTATION OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN TOWNSHIPS Michael Godby his article explores the function of color in Chic uses text to both explain something of the T...

...Fo Wilson This essay examines the tensions between dichotomies concerning the color black through the work of the abstract expressionist Norman Lewis and through some of Lewis’s philosophical ambitions that have found a place in the work of the contemporary artist Ellen Gallagher. Seizing...

...• continental affair. At the center of ation for the terms of belonging director Ngozi Onwurah's short takes place. We find this theme semi-autobiographical film is the popping up in practically all the familiar "color line", a term coined...

.... t. Clair Bourne was a wonderful, importantly people of color. There was hardly a region or even prolific black documentary filmmaker of country where “Saint ” did not know of a “blood...

... (2007), is more abstract on her earlier silhouettes with the addition of color and returns to Walker’s practice of placing silhou- and with the quiltlike patterns that reinforce the etted figures on a white background, though this primacy of the sexual victimization of black women time they are red...

... cut . . . Symmetry that is free , repetition with change, based on African music and African movement . . . We want the work to look like the creator made it through us . . . We want the things to shine, to have the rich luster of a just-washed ’Fro, of spit-shined shoes . . . Color that shines...

..., and the potent imagery keeps him or her there to investigate deeper the sociopolitical content. The subtle layering and vibrancy in Gatson’s use of color and texture not only alters the way we think about sculpture and painting, but also how we process history and the present at the same time. Rico Gatson...

...Peter Erickson The large scale of the paintings and the intensity of the blue ocean color of Voyager , Baptist , and Plunge , as well as of Gulf Stream , form the central visual core of this exhibition, with its varied, repeated, powerful evocations of the Middle Passage. In a dark, smaller...

... to the artist s careful attention to technique, movement, and color, they cradle serious social messages that are based on and contribute commentary to recent events and ideas. In the included works of art, the artist weaves personal and collective experiences that are eclectic. On a formal level, she...

... people and people of color are under-represented as visitors to museums. As museums throughout the world re-evaluate their roles as active agents of social transformation, as learning institutions, and as public spaces for engagement, how are they ensuring that black people not only feel represented...

... be recognized by his arrows, Psyche is associated with the butterfly, and so forth. Thus, skin color no longer dictates the story of the protagonist but transcends it. The viewer no longer ponders status; rather, representation and iconography take center stage. By generating an environment for my subjects...

... and backward baseball caps got on. I was immediately drawn to the critical mass of people of color in Paris, as well as the constant visual reference to African American music and culture that was present on the street. I began photographing and building up a network of contacts in France that began...

... of black subjects in Cape Town, Johannesburg, and New Orleans. With Mthethwa’s customary saturated color, subtle composition, and exacting attention to ephemeral detail, the images depicted the reach of politics in the aesthetics of everyday life. They also revealed the artist’s interest in the longer...

... or techniques they employed. The philosophy of functionalism or humanism and their aesthetics of line, shape, and color are described in detail, along with several manifesto-like statements on their goals and ideas. The concepts of AfriCOBRA’s philosophy and aesthetics are still relevant for its founding...

...Kristen Windmuller-Luna Now approaching his second decade of fine arts practice, Zwelethu Mthethwa continues to use color photography and artist-subject collaborations to restore the dignity of his sitters. New Works at the Jack Shainman Gallery in New York City, consisting of seventeen digital C...

... been black-and-white, he pushes the relationship between the figures and the symbols further. He also uses two figures rather than one, generating a sense of energy and depth. But some recent paintings included in this exhibition show a dramatic shift into color, an emphasis on tone rather than line...

... of us create? What do we know or imagine is true? enamel. The strong lines and bold use of negative My only criticism of this moving and provoca- and positive space, achieved through Evelyn’s adept tive piece is that the artist placed the tile sequence handling of relief and color, feel...

... medium, applying pale washes of transition in hue from lavender fringe to banana color to provide only the barest suggestion of place. yellow.21 Presented in profile, the exaggerated physi- Moreover, as if to underscore his production of this ognomy of his face includes outsized lips; a broad...

... sources directly inform his work, from the color and pattern of textiles to the format of sculptures, Wiley’s response to Africa extends beyond formal considerations...