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My Collages in the “Living in Color” Exhibition
June is Pride Month. In Harlem, The Casa Frela Gallery has organized an array of special events specifically for the LGBT community. The first event, LIVING in COLOR, is a unique exhibition and performance installation celebrating both Harlem Pride and the pride of LGBT artists of color throughout New York City. Conceived as a collaborative [...]
Read moreToni Morrison’s Commencement Address to Rutgers University Class of 2011
“There is serious work, truly serious work, for you to do. I know you have been blasted with media designed to change you from citizens to consumers, and most recently, simply tax payers; from a community of engaged civic life, to individuals with hundreds of electronic friends; from a yearning for maturity to a desire for eternal childhood.”
Read moreFinding Ghazal
Of all the collages I’ve done, “Ghazal” is the one that made me lay my head in my hands and weep; I am the last line in my own poem. And, finally, I found a subject that I have been unconsciously avoiding: an exploration of my self.
Read moreWangechi Mutu: Hunt Bury Flee
Yesterday, my friend Leila and I went over to the Gladstone Gallery in Chelsea to see Wangechi Mutu’s newest collages, curated under the the title “Hunt Bury Flee”. It was the first time I’d seen a Mutu collage in the flesh, up close. I was floored and moved. They are large, layered, rich in subtext, [...]
Read moreLondon Watercolors
I didn’t do as many collages or watercolors as I would have liked to do when I was in London week before last, but here are four I don’t mind sharing. Click on each one to see the full, larger image. Clockwise from top left: The Framery, Sunday Tea, It Hurts in a Whole New [...]
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