blackartists – Page 11 – Painting After Art is Dead

Torkwase Dyson

has new work up at NOMA (through the end of the year) that examines the legacy of plantation economies and their relationship to the environmental and infrastructural issues of our current age.

#torkwasedyson

Leonardo Drew

Leonardo Drew is a contemporary artist based in Brooklyn, New York. He creates sculptures from natural materials and through processes of oxidation, burning, and decay, Drew transforms these objects into massive sculptures that critique social injustices and the cyclical nature of existence.

I saw one at the Perez in Miami a few years ago and was blown away.

#leonardodrew

J.Au.Floyd

Recent IG hashtag find. J says they are “blackness abstracted.” As a creative who is “still learning” I can’t wait to see where his work goes!

#jaufloyd

Glad to know that academia has mostly been doing a good job recognizing significant #blackartists- most of the creatives featured in Generations: A History of Black Abstract Art at BMA earlier this year weren’t new to me. Glad to “discover” Kevin’s work.

#kevinbeasley

Kudditji Kame Kngwarreye

Structure and Imagery notes Kudditji’s newest.

More (highly encouraged reading!)

#kudditjikamekngwarreye

Anthony Akinbola

Encountered Anthony’s work on Abstract Mag’s IG feed.

#anthonyakinbola

Manuel Mathieu

Manuel (who I first discovered at the Armory Show) is a contemporary Haitian visual artist best known as a painter of abstract works that often evoke figurative shapes in nondescript environments. Mathieu draws from Haitian visual cultures and from Western art movements such as expressionism and existentialism.

#manuelmathieu

Joe Overstreet

#joeoverstreet is a hashtag worth following on IG

Myra Greene

Artforum has words about Myra’s current series of textually deep work that underscores, I think, the potential of non-representational work to carry potent symbolism:

“Piecework refers to labor paid according to the number of items produced rather than the amount of time spent on the job. Often associated with the ruthless economic exploitation of the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, this system …is sadly making a comeback—thanks to its versatility in allowing employers to get around minimum-wage and other labor laws…”

#myragreene

Mary Lovelace O’Neal

Artforum points out that Mary deserves more of our attention.

#marylovelaceoneal

McArthur Binion

#Hyperallergic has a great series called #beerwithapainter- this month McArthur is their guest.

#mcarthurbinion

Suzanne Jackson

Although I don’t paint an interpersonal iconography I am perpetually fascinated by those who do. So glad the pictures in the article above were crap because it lead me to read more about this quite interesting #blackartist.

#suzzanejackson

Sanford Biggers

Biggers is at it again, merging formalism and Afrofuturism (“an aesthetic that imagines the future of Africa and the African diaspora by reassessing the past through science-fiction tropes.“).

#sandordbiggers

Odili Donald Odita

Odili Donald Odita is an abstract painter whose work explores color both in the figurative art historical context and in the sociopolitical sense.
#odilidonaldodita #blackartists #africanartists

El Anatsui and Georgina Maxim

Saw El at Biennale and was over the moon to walk into NCMA and find that our state is now home to a great piece of his- his modality is similar to Elias Simes, another great hailing from Africa which NCMA has included in the permanent collection. Georgina is also an African artist, who’s work is included because, like El, it reminds me of another artist (Al Loving). Juxtaposing is fun.

#elanatsui

#georginamaxim

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