blackartists – Page 11 – Painting After Art is Dead

Rosie Lee Tompkin

Rosie’s textiles offer windows into other worlds.

#rosieleetompkin

Nonggirrnga Marawili

taps the Earth for her materials and muses. Her works—prints, works on paper, paintings on bark, and larrakitj (memorial poles made from the bark of eucalyptus trees)—are often made with natural ochers that coalesce in spontaneous webs of lines and dots. The resulting works are ethereal, expressive interpretations of water.

#nonggirrngamarawili

Jadé Fadojutimi

is shouted out in the Artsy Vanguard.

#jadefadojutimi

Maya Freelon

If you didn’t know of Maya already “yes” Triangle legends Nnenna and Phil Freelon are her parents (her brother is no slouch either). Walter gives her upcoming show at CAM Raleigh a shout out.

#mayafreelon

Eric Mack

Mack’s paintings investigate how different materials reflect identity. He also works in other media. Artforum caught this recent show (which caught my eye because Linda Benglis is a personal fav).

#ericmack

Lisa Corrine Davis

Pursuit of Aesthetics has some solid work- Lisa has a piece included as do Jason and Andrea.

#lisacorrinedavis

Kapwani Kiwanga

like Myra and Torkwase and Kevin is creating a system of related formal elements that also refer to socio/economic relations between elements in American life.

#kapwanikiwanga

Tracy Barwick

Shows with White Cloud and #BMoreArts picks her newest at Hotel Indigo.

#tracybarwick

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